UNSPSC 50595905: Dried Non GMO golden gourmet shallots

The variety of Non GMO shallots known as Non GMO golden gourmet shallots 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 50595905 Dried Non GMO golden gourmet shallots is a Commodity code covering specialty dried vegetable ingredients for institutional food service. State and local governments procure dried shallots and similar dry-goods components as line items within broad grocery and food-supply contracts for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and state-supported facility food operations. The solicitations evidence purchasing through school districts, county education boards, state health and human services agencies, and county commissioners' offices. Procurement typically occurs as part of larger competitive sealed bid or IFB processes spanning hundreds of line items across vegetables, produce, condiments, and seasonings rather than as standalone specialty-ingredient purchases.

Recent activity appears across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, with delivery to the central warehouse and school sites and contract term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, subject to 51 percent domestic agricultural content requirements and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026 (due July 13, 2026), for food and consumable products serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with estimated historical value of $1.5 million and initial term September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce under IFB SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) spanning over 200 line items with delivery to three school locations for contract year July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued ITB 26-00289 on June 3, 2026 (due June 25, 2026), for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, requiring licensed Florida caterers. The State of Georgia posted a food supplies solicitation (due June 22, 2026) and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi solicited packaged meal boxes for its Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program (due April 29, 2026).