UNSPSC 50594800: Dried Non GMO mushrooms

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO mushrooms that have 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 50594800 Dried Non GMO mushrooms is a Commodity code that does not reflect the scope of work state and local governments are actually procuring under recent activity in this category. The recent solicitations tagged to this code overwhelmingly target fresh produce, packaged grocery items, meal preparation and delivery services, and food service supply contracts for schools, senior meal programs, and institutional facilities—not dried mushrooms specifically. State and local food service procurement offices (school districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal purchasing departments) are issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for comprehensive grocery and fresh produce supply agreements, but the dried non-GMO mushroom product line does not appear as a standalone focus or significant line item in any of the recent solicitations reviewed.

The issuing bodies in the dataset are predominantly school districts and county boards of education across Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, supplemented by state-level procurements (Georgia, Texas), county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida), and municipal food service operations (City of Dallas, City of Meriden, City of Bridgeport). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items procurement (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items for the National School Lunch Program; the Douglas County School System's fresh produce and eggs RFP (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) serving 30 districts with approximately $5.5 million estimated annual spend; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring delivery to 45 schools plus distribution centers; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) with a prior-period value of $1.5 million. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (multiple school districts and state-level solicitations), with additional volume in Florida, Texas, Connecticut, Virginia, and Mississippi. The code shows no discernible recent procurement activity aligned to dried non-GMO mushrooms as a discrete commodity.