UNSPSC 50596106: Dried Non GMO lamb's quarters or wild spinach

The variety of Non GMO spinach known as Non GMO lamb's quarters 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 50596106 Dried Non GMO lamb's quarters or wild spinach is a Commodity code that appears in state and local procurement with limited recent activity directly aligned to its nominal scope. The code shows little recent relevant activity; the single recent opportunity tagged to it—a Bridgeport Board of Education grocery solicitation (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026)—encompasses over 1,100 line items spanning breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snacks, beverages, and meats for school nutrition, with no specific reference to dried lamb's quarters or wild spinach as a line item. The remaining recent opportunities in the source—including fresh-produce solicitations from Hancock County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Douglas County Schools, and the State of Georgia; prepared-meal contracts from Hillsborough County and the City of Dallas; and comprehensive food-supply RFPs from Meriden Public Schools, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Schools, and Texas Health and Human Services—all focus on fresh produce, staple groceries, or prepared meals rather than specialty dried leafy greens. School districts and counties dominate the recent issuing bodies, with no state-level agencies soliciting specifically for dried specialty vegetables.

The code's operational activity appears concentrated in school nutrition and senior meal programs across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, where fresh and frozen commodity vegetables dominate procurement far more than dried specialty items. Recent solicitations emphasize compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), USDA food-safety standards, and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition requirements. Vendors pursuing this code should note that while the nominal commodity is dried lamb's quarters or wild spinach, state and local governments are currently buying comprehensive grocery baskets and fresh-produce contracts rather than isolated dried specialty vegetables, making direct-line opportunities under this specific code rare. The geographic spread spans Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia, with school districts and county boards of education as primary buyers. Prospect density appears low for the specific commodity; business development efforts may prove more productive targeting the broader fresh-produce and grocery-supply codes that actually drive recent K-12 and senior nutrition procurement volume.