UNSPSC 50593613: Dried Non GMO verona endives

The variety of Non GMO endives known as Non GMO verona 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 50593613 Dried Non GMO Verona Endives is a Commodity code. State and local governments do not currently procure dried non-GMO Verona endives in any detectable volume under this code. The recent solicitations tagged to this code instead reflect broad grocery and fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food service operations—spanning canned and frozen vegetables, fresh produce, meats, dairy, condiments, grains, and packaged meal components. The code's narrow commodity scope (a specialty dried vegetable item) does not align with what school districts, counties, and municipalities are actually buying, which is general-purpose food service supply across dozens of product categories per contract.

Recent activity clusters in school nutrition programs across Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Virginia, and Texas, with secondary activity in county senior meal services and state institutional food operations. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi)—supported by county commissioners, state procurement offices, and health-and-human-services agencies. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026, covering 45 schools and seven distribution centers); Bulloch County Board of Education's School Nutrition Grocery Bid (IFB #043025, due May 4, 2026, with 14 school delivery sites); and the Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026, serving 32 schools across approximately 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of $9,000,000). Pursuit of this code is not recommended—the commodity specification is too narrow to match the actual procurement patterns, which require broad-based grocery and produce distribution capability rather than specialty dried vegetable supply.