UNSPSC 50594804: Dried Non GMO chanterelle mushrooms

The variety of Non GMO mushrooms known as Non GMO chanterelle 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 50594804 Dried Non GMO chanterelle mushrooms is a Commodity code that does not match the work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. The sourced opportunities tag purchases of broad-based grocery items, fresh produce, food service, and meal preparation across school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and general institutional food supply — none of which specifically procure dried chanterelle mushrooms or specialty dried mushrooms of any kind. The recent solicitations span school districts (Bridgeport, Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Fairfax County, Douglas County, Pascagoula-Gautier, Meriden), state health and human services agencies (Texas HHS Commission), county governments (Hillsborough County, Douglas County), and municipal procurement (City of Dallas, City of Meriden), but they uniformly request comprehensive grocery contracts, fresh produce supply, packaged meal services, or institutional food delivery — not specialty mushroom products. None of the twelve recent opportunities mention dried mushrooms, specialty fungi, or single-ingredient commodity products; all focus instead on multi-category food supply frameworks that would incidentally include mushrooms only if they appeared as minor line items within broader fresh-produce or grocery specifications.

The code shows little relevant recent activity. The mismatch between the UNSPSC code designation and the actual procurement scope suggests that state and local food service procurement is tagged at higher-level family or class codes (such as general fresh produce or grocery supply) rather than at the commodity level for individual dried-mushroom SKUs. Bidders pursuing this code should verify whether it is actively used in the agencies' procurement classification systems or whether purchasing interest in dried chanterelle mushrooms falls under parent family codes for fresh or dried produce instead.