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 is a Commodity code that covers specialty produce items used primarily in school nutrition and institutional food service contracting. State and local governments procure dried grape tomatoes and similar processed produce through school district nutrition departments, county boards of education, and state health and human services agencies as components of larger food supply contracts. The recent opportunities show that dried tomatoes appear as line items within comprehensive grocery and fresh produce solicitations rather than as standalone contracts; they are purchased to support National School Lunch Program compliance, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and institutional meal preparation across breakfast, lunch, and snack programs. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education, with occasional state-level procurement through health and human services commissions. Vendors supplying under this code must meet Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), provide nutritional labeling and ingredient documentation, pass blind testing and laboratory evaluation, and maintain HACCP plans and liability insurance for school food service.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) issued an IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items including vegetables and fruits with a due date of June 30, 2026, and Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce with over 200 line items due June 26, 2026 under IFB #SN002-2027. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission procured food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period monetary value of $1.5 million and an IFB due July 13, 2026. Hillsborough County (Florida) requested senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, while Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) solicited packaged meal boxes for summer food service with a bid due date of April 29, 2026. Dried non-GMO grape tomatoes are not explicitly named in any recent posting; activity under this code is likely embedded within larger commodity bundles rather than as a discrete procurement line.