UNSPSC 50595502: Dried Non GMO arbol peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO arbol peppers 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 50595502 Dried Non GMO arbol peppers is a Commodity code that captures specialty dried chili peppers sourced within school nutrition procurement and institutional food service contexts. State and local governments buy dried arbol peppers primarily as ingredients for meal preparation in school lunch programs, senior nutrition services, and state-supported residential facilities operating under federal nutrition standards including the National School Lunch Program, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act compliance, and Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic agricultural content. The code sees activity across school districts, county boards of education, state health and human services commissions, and county governments operating senior meal programs. Issuing bodies typically bundle dried peppers within broader grocery item, fresh produce, or food and consumable product solicitations rather than as standalone ingredient purchases; vendors respond through IFBs or RFQs with firm fixed pricing, product specification compliance including nutritional labeling and allergen documentation, and delivery to central warehouse and school-site locations on standard pallets with Monday–Friday delivery windows.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 in June 2026 for over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education, with electronic bids due June 30, 2026, requiring Buy American compliance, blind testing by school personnel and laboratory technicians, complete nutritional analyses, and $1,000,000 commercial general liability and products liability insurance per occurrence. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission Procurement and Contracting Services division posted IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products supporting the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026 and a historical prior-period value of $1.5 million. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce including specialty peppers under IFB #SN002-2027 with bids due June 26, 2026, requiring HACCP plans and firm fixed pricing across a July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 contract term. The State of Georgia and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi also posted food procurement solicitations in the June 2026 cycle. No recent opportunities name dried arbol peppers as a sole-source line item or specify volume commitments for the commodity alone.