UNSPSC 50593408: Dried Non GMO crystal lemon cucumbers

The variety of Non GMO cucumbers known as Non GMO crystal lemon cucumbers 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 50593408 Dried Non GMO Crystal Lemon Cucumbers, a Commodity code, covers specialty produce items procured by state and local education and social-service agencies for institutional food service. Recent solicitations show that agencies buy dried produce as components of broader fresh and processed food contracts supporting school lunch programs, senior meal services, and state-supported living facilities. The work spans competitive sealed bids and IFBs for food and consumable products where dried specialty vegetables are line items within larger grocery or produce scopes rather than standalone procurement vehicles. Issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county social-service commissions (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), and state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission).

The most recent activity appears in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' BNB052266 grocery procurement for the Board of Education (electronic bids due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American provision requirements and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act compliance; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB #SN002-2027 (bids due June 26, 2026) encompassing over 200 fresh produce items with domestic content minimums; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (proposals due July 11, 2026) with prior-period value of $1.5 million. None of the recent opportunities explicitly name dried lemon cucumbers as a line item, suggesting the code sees light activity as a tagged commodity within consolidated food service contracts rather than as a standalone procurement focus.