UNSPSC 50595516: Dried Non GMO cascabel peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO cascabel 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 50595516 Dried Non GMO cascabel peppers is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure dried cascabel peppers as component ingredients within broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts, where they appear as line items within large grocery, fresh produce, or comprehensive food supply solicitations rather than as standalone specialty-ingredient purchases. The code shows limited recent standalone activity; instead, dried peppers are embedded in master grocery bids, school nutrition food service aggregations, and institutional meal preparation scopes where purchasing offices bundle condiments, seasonings, and specialty produce into consolidated procurements serving school districts, senior nutrition programs, and state-supported living facilities.

Recent opportunities show dried cascabel peppers are sourced primarily through school district nutrition programs across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, with representative solicitations including Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 bid (IFB 2000004323, April 2026), Bulloch County Board of Education's School Nutrition Grocery Bid (IFB #043025, April–May 2026), the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System fresh produce contract (Bid 26-34, April 2026), and the Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution Services RFP (RFP 26-003, February 2026) in Georgia. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery items solicitation for the Bridgeport Board of Education (BNB052266, June 2026) and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products procurement for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017449, June 2026) represent the geographic reach into Connecticut and Texas. Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content where applicable), HACCP compliance, nutritional labeling standards, and firm fixed pricing over 12-month contract periods are standard across these solicitations. Purchasing activity concentrates in school nutrition program cycles aligned with fiscal-year procurement timing (spring bidding for July start dates), with no evidence of significant national purchasing cooperatives or regional aggregations specifically targeting dried cascabel peppers as a line-item driver.