UNSPSC 50591510: Dried Non GMO spinoso sardo artichokes

The variety of Non GMO artichokes known as Non GMO spinoso sardo artichokes that have been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50591510 Dried Non GMO spinoso sardo artichokes (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The six most recent opportunities posted under this code are actually broad food-service solicitations covering fresh produce, grocery items spanning 1,100+ line items, senior meal preparation and delivery, and packaged meal boxes — none of which specifically call for dried artichokes or artichoke products. The code's nominal scope (a single dried-vegetable specialty item) diverges sharply from what state and local buyers are actually purchasing under it in practice, suggesting either tagging error or that dried spinoso sardo artichokes are one buried line item within much larger, multi-category food-service contracts.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), a county health authority (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida procuring senior nutrition services), a state agency (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a state-supported living center), and a state procurement office (Georgia). Geographic activity is scattered across Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, with no clear regional concentration. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 grocery-items IFB for the school board (due June 30, 2026, covering over 1,100 line items with Buy American domestic-content requirements and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards), Texas HHS's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million), and Hancock County's June 2026 fresh-produce IFB for the 2026–27 school year (due June 26, 2026, with 200+ produce line items and three designated delivery sites). If dried artichokes are a required or desired item in school nutrition or senior-meal contexts, they would be nested within these larger contracts rather than solicited separately.