UNSPSC 50592101: Dried Non GMO citadel brussel sprouts

The variety of Non GMO brussel sprouts known as Non GMO citadel brussel sprouts 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 50592101 Dried Non GMO Citadel Brussels Sprouts (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code is highly specialized — a single dried vegetable variety with specific non-GMO and processing designation — but the twelve recent school nutrition, senior meals, and food service solicitations in the source block do not specify dried Brussels sprouts as a line item. The City of Bridgeport's comprehensive 1,100-line-item grocery bid for school nutrition, the Douglas County School System's $9 million main-line food service distribution contract, and the Hancock County Board of Education's 200-line-item fresh produce solicitation all name specific produce categories (fresh and frozen vegetables, fruits, condiments, and proteins) without calling out this particular commodity. The Meriden Public Schools RFP and the Savannah-Chatham County fresh produce bid do specify broccoli, carrots, celery, and other cruciferous vegetables, but not dried Brussels sprouts by name.

School districts and state-supported living facilities dominate the recent activity in this broader food procurement space — Fairfax County Public Schools (Master Grocery K-12, IFB, April 27 deadline), Bulloch County Board of Education (School Nutrition Grocery Bid, IFB, May 4 deadline), Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce, IFB, June 26 deadline), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, IFB, July 13 deadline) — with Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas showing the most recent volume. Fresh produce contracts consistently run July-June school-year cycles with Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content. If your firm supplies dried vegetable products to school nutrition programs, monitor commodity-level fresh and frozen vegetable line items in the major districts' RFPs rather than relying on this specialized code to surface relevant opportunities.