UNSPSC 50593500: Dried Non GMO eggplants

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO eggplants 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 50593500 Dried Non GMO eggplants is a Class code that does not match the scope of recently posted state and local procurement activity. The source contains no solicitations for dried non-GMO eggplants or related dried-vegetable products tagged to this code. Instead, state and local food service purchasing under the tagged opportunities focuses on fresh produce, comprehensive grocery supply, meal preparation and delivery, and USDA commodity distribution — categories that fall outside the dried-eggplant commodity scope. The recent opportunities span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Douglas County School System in Georgia), county and state governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), a city government (City of Bridgeport in Connecticut, City of Dallas in Texas), and multiple buying cooperatives. The activity represents fresh-produce and general-grocery procurement tied to National School Lunch Program compliance, meal-service operations for seniors and institutional populations, and USDA commodity management — not specialized dried-vegetable sourcing.

The geographic distribution spans Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia, with school districts representing the dominant issuing-body category. Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, response due April 27, 2026) covering food delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; Douglas County School System's food supply and distribution RFP (RFP 26-003, response due February 18, 2026) for approximately $9 million in annual food service to 32 schools; the City of Bridgeport's grocery-items IFB (BNB052266, response due June 30, 2026) supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's food service for over 1,100 line items; and Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery ITB (ITB-26-00289, response due June 25, 2026) valued at $17.8 million over three years. The code shows no relevant recent activity and does not reflect actual state and local buying patterns in the posted opportunity sample.