UNSPSC 50596401: Dried Non GMO ailsa craig tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO ailsa craig tomatoes 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 50596401 Dried Non GMO Ailsa Craig Tomatoes is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged under it do not reflect procurement of dried tomatoes specifically. Instead, the code appears in broader grocery and food-service opportunities spanning produce, pantry staples, prepared meals, and kitchen supplies. State and local governments use this code nominally within school nutrition programs, county food services, state institutional feeding, and senior meal programs — work that involves aggregated food purchasing rather than single-product commodity buying. The issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county nutrition and social services departments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport). The scope of work in recent solicitations encompasses National School Lunch Program supply, state-supported living center food service, senior congregate and home-delivered meals, and child nutrition summer food programs — all requiring compliance with Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products), HACCP plans, nutritional standards, and delivery logistics to central warehouses and multiple school or facility sites.

Geographic activity spans the South and Southeast, with recent opportunities from Texas (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center), Georgia (State of Georgia food, supplies, and kitchen products), Florida (Hillsborough County senior meals), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Georgia again (Hancock County Schools). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting school breakfast and lunch with June 30, 2026 electronic bid submission through OpenGov; Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million and July 13, 2026 response deadline; and Hillsborough County's ITB-26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services estimated at $17.8 million over three years with June 25, 2026 bid deadline. All solicitations mandate firm fixed pricing, prepaid freight without fuel surcharges, product documentation (nutritional panels, health inspections, ingredient lists), and insurance requirements. The code shows active procurement across multiple issuing bodies and regions, though the specific dried-tomato commodity appears incidental to broader food-service contracting rather than as a primary line item.