UNSPSC 50593102: Non GMO Dried common chives

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as chives 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 50593102 Non GMO Dried common chives, a Commodity code, describes specialty culinary ingredients that state and local governments procure primarily through school nutrition and institutional food service contracts. Recent solicitations show the code tagged to broad grocery and food-supply procurement efforts rather than discrete chive purchases, indicating that dried herbs and seasonings appear as line items within much larger food-service buys rather than as standalone contracts. State and local issuing bodies procuring under this code span school districts, county school systems, state departments, city purchasing offices on behalf of schools, and county commissioners funding senior meal services.

The geographic spread of recent activity covers Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and Virginia, with school nutrition programs as the dominant buyer segment. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) Master Grocery K-12 IFB with an April 27, 2026 deadline spanning over 75 food items for direct delivery to 45 schools; Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia) IFB #043025 School Nutrition Grocery Bid due May 4, 2026 encompassing comprehensive food products across multiple categories including spices and seasonings; Douglas County School System (Georgia) RFP SN 26-003 Food Supply and Distribution Services due February 18, 2026 with an estimated annual value of approximately $9,000,000 to serve 32,000 meals daily across 32 schools; and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) RFP 026-41 Commercial & USDA Foods due February 25, 2026 with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3,100,000 for 8,200 students across 13 school sites. All solicitations require Buy American compliance with domestic agricultural content minimums, HACCP plans, detailed nutritional labeling, firm-fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, and delivery to multiple school locations on predetermined schedules.