UNSPSC 50596115: Dried Non GMO water spinach

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO water 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 50596115 Dried Non GMO water spinach, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product category within school nutrition and institutional food service procurement, though recent state and local opportunities show minimal direct demand for this specific item. State and local governments purchasing under this code buy dried water spinach as an ingredient component within broader grocery, fresh produce, and food-supply contracts for school districts, county nutrition programs, state supported living centers, and senior meal services. The issuing bodies soliciting food-supply contracts that encompass this code span school districts (Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and special-purpose nutrition programs serving seniors and state-supported residents.

Recent opportunities in this commodity reflect activity concentrated in the Southeast and Texas. The City of Bridgeport's Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB (BNB052266) for over 1,100 line items of grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program with a June 30, 2026 response deadline; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a July 13, 2026 due date; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 deadline; Hillsborough County in Florida solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB-26-00289, June 25, 2026 due date) valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years; and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi sought packaged 7-day meal boxes (April 29, 2026 deadline). None of these opportunities explicitly named dried water spinach as a line item, indicating that specific demand under this Commodity code remains indirect and embedded within larger food-supply and nutrition-program contracts.