UNSPSC 50595002: Dried Non GMO garden huckleberry

The variety of Non GMO nightshades known as Non GMO garden huckleberry 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 50595002 Dried Non GMO garden huckleberry, a Commodity code, does not reflect the scope of work actually being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code predominantly involve school nutrition programs procuring fresh produce, grocery items, and meal services—apples, berries, broccoli, carrots, eggs, frozen vegetables, dairy, meats, and prepared meals—rather than any specialized dried non-GMO huckleberry product. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), alongside county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), a city school system (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for the Board of Education), and state procurement offices (State of Georgia). The solicitation types include IFBs, RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs, with response dates ranging from April through July 2026.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast, particularly Georgia with multiple school district and state-level solicitations, followed by Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (over 200 line items, due June 26, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB covering 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026), the Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution services to 32 schools serving 25,500 students with an estimated annual value of $9 million (due February 18, 2026), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years (due June 25, 2026), and Meriden Public Schools' RFP for commercial and USDA Foods with anticipated contract value of $3.1 million (due February 25, 2026). The mismatch between the code name—dried non-GMO garden huckleberry, a specialty agricultural commodity—and the actual procurement activity suggests either systematic miscoding by issuing bodies or misalignment between the UNSPSC taxonomy and current state and local food service procurement practice.