UNSPSC 50594606: Dried Non GMO mizuna lettuce

The variety of Non GMO lettuce known as Non GMO mizuna 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 50594606 Dried Non GMO mizuna lettuce (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within the broader school nutrition and institutional food-service procurement landscape, though recent state and local opportunities show minimal direct solicitation for this specific item. The code sits at the bottom of a highly granular taxonomy intended to classify individual food commodities, but state and local buyers typically solicit food procurement through aggregate grocery or fresh-produce contracts spanning hundreds of line items rather than single SKUs. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal departments source dried specialty lettuces—if at all—as part of larger breakfast-item, vegetable, or produce bundles that include common and premium items alongside each other. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state food-service agencies managing child nutrition programs subject to Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content minimum) and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, with some municipal and county food-service operations for senior programs and institutional facilities also participating in this procurement category.

Recent activity shows school districts and state agencies are actively procuring fresh and packaged produce and grocery items across the June 2026 window, but no solicitation explicitly names dried mizuna lettuce as a line item. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education posted an RFP for over 1,100 grocery-item line items with response due June 30, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce spanning 200+ line items (due June 26, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released an IFB for food and consumable products for El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 11, 2026). The State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and kitchen-products RFQ (due June 22, 2026), and Hillsborough County, Florida issued a three-year senior meal preparation and delivery services contract valued at $17.8 million (due June 25, 2026). The procurement activity is concentrated in the Southeast and school-district nutrition programs; no solicitations specifically reference dried specialty lettuces or mizuna variants as distinct items. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor institutional grocery and produce RFPs directly rather than expect standalone dried-mizuna opportunities and position capabilities within broader vendor-of-record frameworks serving multiple categories.