UNSPSC 50592804: Dried Non GMO perpetual spinach chard

The variety of Non GMO chard known as Non GMO perpetual spinach chard that has 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 50592804 Dried Non GMO perpetual spinach chard is a Commodity code that spans dried leafy greens supplied to public institutions, though recent state and local opportunities show the code tags a much broader spectrum of food procurement activity than its narrow name suggests. School districts, county governments, and state agencies are soliciting under this code for institutional food service — including fresh produce, packaged meals, grocery staples, and senior meal preparation — rather than dried spinach specifically. The issuing bodies represent the institutional food-service ecosystem: school district nutrition departments (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county health and human services agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state purchasing offices (State of Georgia). Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content) appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations, and all opportunities require vendor compliance with nutrition standards, HACCP planning, liability insurance, and background screening.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida, with the densest documented volume in school district and county meal-service contracts. Representative opportunities include Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program with delivery to central warehouse and school sites on a firm fixed-price basis through June 2027; Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce across 200-plus line items (apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, citrus, leafy greens) for July 2026 through June 2027; Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services estimated at $17.8 million over three years with mandatory state caterer-list enrollment; and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. The code shows active procurement momentum in the institutional food-service channel, though the scope mismatch between the narrow commodity name and the actual buying activity suggests either persistent miscoding or intentionally broad tagging by issuing bodies.