UNSPSC 50592911: Dried Non GMO wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory

The variety of Non GMO chicory known as Non GMO wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory 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 50592911 Dried Non GMO wallone freisee weschelkopf chicory, a Commodity code, does not align with actual state and local procurement activity. The recent solicitations tagged under this code cover broad school nutrition, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts—comprehensive grocery procurement, fresh produce, boxed meals, and food distribution—rather than the specialty dried chicory product the code nominates.

School districts and counties dominate the issuing-body mix, with Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) soliciting K-12 food service contracts; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) Department of Public Purchases on behalf of the Bridgeport Board of Education, and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) also appear. The City of Dallas (Texas) issued a separate RFP for catered meal delivery to municipal events. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items for school nutrition (IFB BNB052266, due June 30, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting bids for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education soliciting fresh produce spanning over 200 line items (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026); and Fairfax County Public Schools establishing a Master Grocery K-12 term contract with weekly deliveries to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026). The mismatch between the code's stated commodity and the actual procurement scope suggests this code is either a data-entry error or a miscategorization in the state and local issuing systems; vendors pursuing food distribution and school nutrition contracts should not rely on this code as a discovery mechanism.