UNSPSC 50593015: Dried Non GMO tip top cabbage

The variety of Non GMO chinese cabbage known as Non GMO tip top cabbage 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 50593015 Dried Non GMO tip top cabbage is a Commodity code that nominally names a single produce input, but recent state and local solicitations reveal that this code is being applied to much broader food procurement — school district nutrition contracts, state health and human services food service, senior meal programs, and institutional food supply agreements that span hundreds of line items across fresh produce, grocery staples, and prepared foods. The issuing bodies range across school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county commissioners (Hillsborough County), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state purchasing offices (Georgia), reflecting the breadth of institutional food procurement activity. Most solicitations explicitly require Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products, HACCP plans with recall capacity, and compliance with the National School Lunch Program and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards.

Recent activity spans multiple states and response deadlines: Bridgeport's City Department of Public Purchases sought grocery items for the Board of Education with an IFB due June 30, 2026; Texas Health and Human Services posted an IFB for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center due July 11, 2026 with a historical contract value of $1.5 million; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia requested fresh produce bids due June 26, 2026 across over 200 line items; Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners in Florida issued an ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services estimated at $17.8 million over three years due June 25, 2026; Georgia requested bids on food supplies and kitchen products due June 22, 2026; and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi sought packaged meal boxes for the Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program due April 29, 2026. The code shows significant activity across the Southeast and South, with school nutrition and senior services as dominant use cases, though the commodity code designation poorly reflects the actual scope of institutional food procurement being transacted.