UNSPSC 50595102: Dried Non GMO burgundy okra

The variety of Non GMO okra known as Non GMO burgundy okra 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 50595102 Dried Non GMO burgundy okra is a Commodity code that captures dehydrated vegetable products for institutional food service, though the recent state and local procurement record shows minimal direct activity targeting this specific item. School districts, county boards of education, and municipal purchasing offices procure dried vegetables as component ingredients within broader fresh produce and grocery supply contracts, but few solicitations isolate dried okra as a line-item commodity. The code sits within a larger ecosystem of school nutrition and institutional meal programs where districts source multiple produce categories—fresh, frozen, and processed—through single consolidated awards rather than dedicated single-item procurements. State and local buyers typically embed dried or processed vegetable specifications within comprehensive grocery or produce RFPs and IFBs that emphasize fresh items, USDA compliance, nutritional standards, and Buy American domestic-content thresholds.

Geographic and recent-opportunity activity clusters heavily in Georgia and surrounding states, with representative school district procurements including the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 (fresh produce and eggs, posted February 4, 2026, due March 4, 2026), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's Bid 26-34 (fresh produce, posted March 22, 2026, due April 23, 2026), and the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026). Outside Georgia, the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited grocery items including vegetables for the Bridgeport Board of Education (posted June 30, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools issued a Master Grocery K-12 contract (posted April 6, 2026, due April 27, 2026), and Meriden Public Schools procured commercial groceries and USDA foods (RFP 026-41, posted March 3, 2026, due February 25, 2026). None of these recent solicitations named dried burgundy okra explicitly; the code shows no targeted recent demand signal. Vendors pursuing this commodity should monitor school nutrition and senior meal programs in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions where fresh-produce and grocery aggregation offers the most realistic entry point for specialized dried-vegetable supply.