UNSPSC 50593516: Dried Non GMO short tom eggplants

The variety of Non GMO eggplants known as Non GMO short tom eggplants 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 50593516 Dried Non GMO short tom eggplants is a Commodity code that nominally covers a narrow specialty vegetable product, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little alignment with dried eggplant purchasing and instead reflects broad food and produce procurement across school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply chains. State and local issuing bodies soliciting food products—school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners, state health agencies, and municipal departments—are posting opportunities that span hundreds of line items covering fresh produce, frozen goods, dairy, proteins, and prepared meals rather than dried specialty vegetables. The Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the State of Georgia have all posted opportunities tagged to this code or related food commodity codes in the past four months, indicating that category assignment may reflect broader food procurement taxonomy rather than specific commodity matching.

Recent opportunities span fresh produce bids for school nutrition programs (Hancock County Schools, due June 26, 2026, for over 200 line items across apple varieties, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, and citrus fruits, under IFB #SN002-2027), senior meal preparation and delivery services (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, estimated value $17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026, under ITB 2600289), food and consumable products for state-supported living centers (Texas HHS Commission, prior-period value $1.5 million, due July 13, 2026, under IFB HHS0017449), and comprehensive grocery procurement for school food service (Bridgeport Board of Education, over 1,100 line items, due June 30, 2026, with Buy American and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act compliance requirements). Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut) and Texas, with activity also present in the Northeast. The code shows significant recent posting volume but minimal evidence of specific dried eggplant demand in actual state and local nutrition or food service procurement.