UNSPSC 50593808: Dried Non GMO rose de lautrec garlic

The variety of Non GMO garlic known as Non GMO rose de lautrec garlic 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 50593808 Dried Non GMO rose de lautrec garlic is a Commodity code that maps poorly to recent state and local procurement activity. The single recent opportunity tagged with this code—a City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases bid for grocery items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education Food & Nutrition Services—scopes over 1,100 line items spanning breakfast cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, seasonings, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snacks, beverages, and meats, with no specific reference to garlic or specialty produce items. The Bridgeport solicitation requires Buy American compliance (51 percent domestic agricultural ingredients), adherence to Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and LINQ School Solutions ordering integration, with deliveries to a central warehouse and designated school sites on a firm-fixed-price, prepaid-freight basis through June 30, 2027. The broad grocery scope and absence of garlic-specific line items suggest the code assignment is either a cataloging artifact or incidental to a larger procurement. No other recent state or local opportunities in the source explicitly name dried garlic, rose de lautrec or otherwise, as a distinct solicitation target.

School districts and county education boards dominate state and local procurement of food products, but this code shows minimal targeted activity. The broader food-supply ecosystem—represented by concurrent RFPs from Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) for $3.1 million in commercial groceries and USDA foods, Douglas County School System (Georgia) for $9 million in food supply and distribution, Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) for master grocery K-12, and fresh-produce solicitations from Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), and Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia)—reveals no emphasis on specialty garlic items. Pursuit under this code is not recommended absent a direct sourcing inquiry from a school nutrition director or food-service distributor with a specific garlic specification or contracted line item.