UNSPSC 50594603: Dried Non GMO frisee lettuce

The variety of Non GMO lettuce known as Non GMO frisee lettuce 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 50594603 Dried Non GMO frisee lettuce, a Commodity code, represents a narrow specialty vegetable product line within state and local food procurement that rarely appears in recent solicitations. The code shows minimal activity in recent public opportunities—none of the thirteen recent state and local opportunities explicitly solicited dried frisee lettuce as a line item. Instead, the recent activity under this taxonomy segment addresses broad grocery and fresh produce categories spanning school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply chains where dried specialty lettuces, if procured at all, would be embedded within larger fresh produce or grocery line-item groups rather than called out individually.

State and local procurement under related fresh produce and grocery codes concentrates heavily in school districts and education authorities across Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi, with recent IFBs and RFPs from Bridgeport (Connecticut) Public Schools, Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia) Public Schools, Hancock County (Georgia) Board of Education, and Bulloch County (Georgia) Board of Education. Notable recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning 45 schools plus distribution warehouses, the Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution RFP for approximately $9 million annually (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026), and the City of Meriden's school nutrition procurement covering commercial groceries and USDA Foods for 8,200 students with an anticipated $3.1 million contract value (RFP 02641, due February 25, 2026). Geographic concentration appears strongest in Georgia school districts pursuing cooperative purchasing vehicles, Texas state-supported facilities, and Florida county government meal services. Dried specialty lettuce solicitations would be competitive only within larger commodity bundles and require alignment with school nutrition compliance frameworks including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic content), HACCP food safety plans, nutritional standards under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, and allergen restrictions—conditions that favor established food service distributors rather than specialty produce vendors.