UNSPSC 50593612: Dried Non GMO sugarhat endives

The variety of Non GMO endives known as Non GMO sugarhat endives 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 50593612 Dried Non-GMO Sugarhat Endives is a Commodity code representing a single produce item, though recent state and local procurement activity shows no direct opportunities for this specific product. School districts, county governments, and state agencies do solicit dried vegetables and specialty produce as components of broader food-service contracts, but the recent opportunities posted under or near this code span full grocery procurement (including proteins, dairy, and packaged goods), fresh produce by the line item, and complete meal-preparation services rather than dried endives specifically. The issuing bodies are primarily school nutrition departments, state health and human services agencies, and county boards of commissioners sourcing food for school lunch programs, senior meal services, and state-supported living centers. The Buy American provision requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products appears across most school-based solicitations.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the State of Georgia all posted food-service solicitations between April and June 2026. The most concrete fresh-produce solicitation is Hancock County Schools Nutrition Fresh Produce SY27 (IFB, due June 26, 2026), which specifies over 200 line items of fresh produce across apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, melons, citrus, and leafy greens for the 2026–27 school year. The code itself shows no recent opportunities specifically for dried endives; vendors pursuing this commodity should track school nutrition RFPs and state food-service RFQs that may include specialty or processed vegetables within larger grocery or produce line-item sets.