UNSPSC 50594106: Dried Non GMO cilantro

The variety of Non GMO herbs known as Non GMO cilantro 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 50594106 Dried Non-GMO cilantro is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single dried herb product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show little relevance to dried cilantro procurement. The most recent solicitations in the block—including Illinois's quarterly food order, Texas Health and Human Services food and consumable products for state supported living centers, Georgia's food supplies procurement, Texas criminal justice cafeteria items, Fairfax County Public Schools master grocery contract, Rockwood School District child nutrition services, and Douglas County School System produce and food distribution—are general institutional food service procurements spanning hundreds of line items across proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and consumables. None of these opportunities explicitly call for dried cilantro as a line item or primary commodity. The code appears to be a misclassification or incidental tagging within much broader grocery and food service supply chains rather than a targeted procurement for dried herbs.

State and local buyers for institutional food service—including state health and human services agencies, school districts, criminal justice systems, and special-purpose districts—do solicit food supply through formal IFB and RFP processes, typically with response dates two to four weeks out and contract values ranging from $1.5 million to $9 million annually depending on the institution size. Activity is concentrated in Texas (multiple HHSC and TDCJ solicitations), Georgia (Douglas County School System and state-level procurements), Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia. However, the mismatch between the code's specific commodity and the actual scope of recent opportunities suggests this code sees little dedicated procurement activity for dried cilantro itself. Vendors pursuing this code should verify with individual issuing bodies whether dried herbs are included as line items in their broader food service RFPs rather than assuming dried cilantro is a targeted procurement category.