UNSPSC 50596410: Dried Non GMO grape tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO grape 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 50596410 Dried Non GMO grape tomatoes, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code represents a narrow product category — specifically dried, non-GMO grape tomatoes — but the most recent opportunities tagged under or near this classification span broad grocery and food service procurement at school districts, counties, senior nutrition programs, and state agencies, none of which name dried grape tomatoes as a line item or focus.

State and local buyers soliciting under related food-service codes include school nutrition programs across Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia; county boards of education in Georgia and Mississippi; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission; and municipal senior meal programs in Florida. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education (IFB due June 30, 2026) covering over 1,100 line items with Buy American provisions; the Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia soliciting fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year (IFB due June 26, 2026) across 200+ line items; and Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia requesting a Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB due April 27, 2026) with delivery to 45 schools and a central warehouse. These procurements emphasize fresh produce, frozen items, dairy, grains, and condiments meeting Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act or nutrition-standards compliance, with firm fixed pricing, prepaid freight, and delivery to multiple school sites or central warehouses on weekly or specified schedules. None of these solicitations references dried or specialty tomato products as a supply category.