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 under which state and local governments procure shelf-stable food products for institutional food service operations, including state-supported living centers, county senior services programs, state hospitals, correctional facilities, and related public dining operations. The code sees activity primarily through food service RFPs and IFBs that bundle cilantro and other dried herbs with broader grocery and food supply line items rather than as standalone procurements. Issuing bodies include state health and human services commissions, state comptroller offices purchasing on behalf of correctional and institutional agencies, county boards of commissioners, and state facilities management divisions. Vendors typically respond to multi-line-item food service bids that specify brand-name products or approved equivalents, deliver to institutional warehouses and on-site receiving areas, and maintain compliance with USDA and FDA food safety standards.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple IFBs for food service groceries to state-supported living centers and state hospitals under solicitations HHS0017799, HHS0017798, and HHS0017449 (all posted August 2026 with response deadlines in late August through July 2026), as well as HHS0016792v2 for supplemental food and consumables statewide (posted May 2026, response deadline March 19, 2026). The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse distribution points (posted May 4, 2026, response deadline May 4, 2026, extended via addendum). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia solicited food items for the Department of Community Services under IWQ 140229 (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026). The State of Illinois posted solicitation 27497DVAQUINCB52821 for quarterly weekly food orders (posted June 18, 2026, due June 26, 2026), and the State of Georgia posted PE55645NONST2026000000009 for food, supplies, and other kitchen products (posted May 15, 2026, due June 22, 2026). No opportunities name cilantro as a line item explicitly; the code appears in institutional food procurement bundles where dried herbs are included within broader food service specifications.