UNSPSC 50593013: Dried Non GMO shanghai d bok choy

The variety of Non GMO chinese cabbage known as Non GMO shanghai d bok choy 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 50593013 Dried Non-GMO Shanghai Bok Choy is a Commodity code, but state and local procurement activity under this specific code shows no recent opportunities. The recent opportunities tagged under or near this code span comprehensive school nutrition grocery procurement, fresh produce supply contracts, senior meal services, and institutional food service — none of which reference dried bok choy as a line item or focus category. The mismatch between the code's narrow product designation and the broader food-service categories actually being solicited suggests either classification drift or that dried non-GMO Shanghai bok choy does not currently feature in state and local purchasing patterns at meaningful scale.

School districts and counties across Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Texas dominate recent activity in school nutrition and institutional food procurement, with Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), the Douglas County School System (Georgia), and the City of Dallas issuing multi-million-dollar master grocery and fresh-produce contracts. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission procured food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center. The representative opportunities span IFBs, RFPs, and RFQs for fresh produce (Hancock County Schools, Savannah-Chatham), comprehensive grocery supply (Fairfax County Public Schools, Meriden Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education), and packaged/bulk meal delivery (City of Dallas). None of these solicitations identify dried bok choy—fresh or processed—as a specification item, and the code shows no recent activity distinct from broader fresh-produce or commodity-grocery categories. A firm evaluating this code should treat it as dormant for state and local procurement purposes and monitor fresh-produce and school nutrition grocery codes instead.