UNSPSC 50595208: Dried Non GMO kelsae onions

The variety of Non GMO onions known as Non GMO kelsae onions 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 50595208 Dried Non GMO kelsae onions is a Commodity code covering dehydrated specialty onion products procured for institutional food service, school nutrition programs, and state facility meal operations. State and local governments buy dried onions primarily as ingredients for bulk food service operations—school cafeterias, senior meal programs, and state-supported living centers—where they serve as components in prepared dishes rather than standalone menu items. Issuing bodies span school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), and state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). The code appears in solicitations bundled with broader grocery, fresh produce, and food-service categories rather than as a standalone line item, reflecting how institutional food procurement typically consolidates multiple commodity codes into single RFPs and IFBs.

Recent activity shows procurement concentrated in the South and Southwest, with solicitations from Georgia, Texas, Florida, Connecticut, Mississippi, and Georgia between April and June 2026. Representative opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education fresh-produce IFB due June 26, 2026, which specified over 200 line items including root vegetables such as onions, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (due July 11, 2026) for food and consumables supplying the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with a historical contract value of $1.5 million annually. The Bridgeport Board of Education grocery-items IFB (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) covered over 1,100 line items for the National School Lunch Program and required 51 percent domestic agricultural content, a Buy American constraint that appears across school-nutrition solicitations. No recent opportunities identify dried kelsae onions explicitly by name; the code appears to be tagged broadly across food-service procurements where dehydrated or specialty onion products may be specified within larger ingredient lists rather than as a primary procurement focus.