UNSPSC 50593517: Dried Non GMO sicilian eggplants

The variety of Non GMO eggplants known as Non GMO sicilian 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 50593517 Dried Non GMO Sicilian Eggplants is a Commodity code that names a specific agricultural product, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows little alignment with the narrow product scope. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are actually broader food-service and nutrition procurement spanning hundreds of line items — school lunch programs, senior meal services, institutional food supply, and fresh produce contracts that include eggplants only incidentally as part of much larger vegetable or produce portfolios. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county governments, with one state health and human services agency and one county board of county commissioners represented in the recent activity.

The geographic spread of recent opportunities spans Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas (El Paso), Georgia (Hancock County), Florida (Hillsborough County), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier). Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking grocery items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department under IFB BNB052266, with electronic bids due June 30, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center under IFB HHS0017449, with bids due July 13, 2026; and Hancock County Board of Education seeking fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year under IFB SN002-2027, with sealed bids due June 26, 2026. The broader pattern shows that this code's nominal scope — dried non-GMO Sicilian eggplants — does not meaningfully describe the state and local procurement actually occurring under the code number.