UNSPSC 50592201: Dried Non GMO beltsville bunching onions

The variety of Non GMO bunching onions known as Non GMO beltsville bunching onions 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 50592201 Dried Non GMO Beltsville Bunching Onions is a Commodity code that in practice maps to a narrow slice of school nutrition and institutional food procurement — specifically bulk dried onions and similar vegetable components for child nutrition programs and state-supported facility food services. Recent state and local solicitations do not isolate this specific product line; instead, the code appears in aggregate grocery and fresh-produce RFPs and IFBs where dried onions are one of many line items spanning protein, dairy, produce, and prepared foods. The buying bodies are primarily school districts and state health and human services agencies operating food service programs under federal Child Nutrition Act requirements and Buy American provisions. School districts dominate the recent activity, with issuing bodies ranging from small county boards (Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District) to large urban districts (Bridgeport Board of Education) and state-level procurement (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia). State-supported living centers and senior meal programs also appear, though less frequently.

Recent representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education (response due June 30, 2026), requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content and compliance with Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act standards; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical volume of $1.5 million annually (response due July 11, 2026); and Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce across over 200 line items including root vegetables and specialty produce (response due June 26, 2026). Activity concentrates in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas showing the most recent solicitation volume. Price firmness for 12-month terms, prepaid freight, and Buy American content thresholds are standard contract conditions across all recent postings.