UNSPSC 50596405: Dried Non GMO cherry belle tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO cherry belle 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 50596405 Dried Non-GMO cherry belle tomatoes (Commodity) represents a narrow product line that state and local governments procure as part of broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts rather than as a standalone commodity. Recent solicitations confirm that dried and specialty tomato products appear only as line items within comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, or food supply agreements — not as independent procurements. The code sits within food service supply chains serving school districts, county health and human services facilities, senior meal programs, and municipal food operations. Issuing bodies include state education departments, county school systems, city boards of education, county health and human services commissions, and county commissioners' boards. School districts dominate the recent activity, with solicitations from Bridgeport (Connecticut), Hancock County (Georgia), Bulloch County (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia), Douglas County (Georgia), Fairfax County (Virginia), and Pascagoula-Gautier (Mississippi), alongside state-level procurements in Georgia and Texas, and senior meal programs in Hillsborough County (Florida).

Recent opportunities show dried tomato products embedded in master grocery contracts and school nutrition food supply bids rather than procured in isolation. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited grocery items for the Board of Education (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, IFB format) across over 1,100 line items subject to Buy American provisions, HHSC nutrition standards, and blind testing by school personnel. Hancock County Board of Education issued an IFB for fresh produce covering 200+ line items (due June 26, 2026), and the Bulloch County Board of Education requested comprehensive food products across multiple categories (IFB #043025, due May 4, 2026). Douglas County School System's RFP SN26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (due February 18, 2026) estimated annual expenditure at approximately $9,000,000 across 32 schools serving 25,500 students. Geographic concentration in the solicitation data is heaviest in Georgia (five school districts plus state-level procurement), followed by Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Dried specialty tomato products are typically sourced as secondary items within these broader food supply agreements rather than as primary contract drivers, making activity under this specific commodity code limited in volume but steady in demand within the school nutrition sector.