UNSPSC 50596105: Dried Non GMO iceplant spinach

The variety of Non GMO new zrealand spinach known as Non GMO iceplant spinach 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 50596105 Dried Non GMO iceplant spinach is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitation activity tagged under it does not reflect procurement of dried iceplant spinach specifically. Instead, the tagged opportunities span broad school nutrition and institutional food service procurement, including comprehensive grocery supply contracts, fresh produce bids, meal preparation and delivery services, and food supply distribution serving K-12 school districts, county boards of education, state facilities, and municipal agencies. The actual buying under this code appears minimal or mislabeled; the opportunities reflect far broader food commodity categories than a single specialty vegetable product would support.

Recent solicitations in the tagged dataset originate from school districts (Bridgeport, Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham County, Fairfax County, Bulloch County, Meriden, Douglas County, and Pascagoula-Gautier in Mississippi), state procurement offices (Georgia, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida), and municipalities (Dallas). Geographic concentration appears heaviest in Georgia and Florida, with additional recent activity in Connecticut, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. Representative current opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items (including vegetables) for school nutrition under IFB BNB052266 with response due June 30, 2026; the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners requesting proposals for senior meal preparation and delivery services under ITB 26-00289 with response due June 25, 2026 and an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million; the Douglas County School System issuing an RFP for food supply and distribution services across 32 schools with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million; and Hancock County Board of Education soliciting fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year under IFB SN002-2027 with response due June 26, 2026. The mismatch between the code name and recent buying patterns suggests either systematic miscoding of broad food service procurement or minimal actual demand for dried iceplant spinach as a line-item purchase in state and local procurement.