UNSPSC 50596419: Dried Non GMO shirley tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO shirley 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 50596419 Dried Non GMO Shirley Tomatoes, a Commodity code, shows minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's nominal scope—a specific dried tomato variety—does not align with the broader food-supply solicitations state and local buyers are posting. Recent school district, county, and municipal groceries purchases tag items across large UNSPSC families spanning produce, proteins, dairy, snacks, and condiments, rather than narrow commodity lines for individual ingredient types. The opportunities posted under this code (Bridgeport Board of Education grocery bid, Texas Health and Human Services food and consumables, Hancock County fresh produce, Hillsborough County senior meals, Georgia state food supplies, Pascagoula-Gautier school packaged meals, and Georgia fresh produce) solicit comprehensive food baskets—often exceeding 200 line items—where dried tomatoes, if procured at all, represent a fractional component of much larger tenders. School districts in particular source through master grocery agreements or produce-category contracts that aggregate demand across multiple vendors or product families rather than single-item commodity purchases, making line-item UNSPSC codes like this one a poor fit for how jurisdictions actually structure food solicitations.

Geographic coverage across recent postings spans Connecticut (Meriden and Bridgeport), Florida (Hillsborough County), Georgia (Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch County), Texas (El Paso), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), but these opportunities do not isolate dried tomatoes or track them as standalone procurement objects. Award activity and contract volumes cluster around integrative food-service tenders—the Meriden school contract valued at $3.1 million, the Douglas County school distribution bid estimated at $9 million, and the Hillsborough County senior meals contract at $17.8 million—where dried ingredients like the shirley tomato variety would be sourced, if at all, as line items within broader supplier relationships. A vendor pursuing work under this commodity code would find greater clarity and opportunity volume by tracking higher-tier family and class codes that capture multi-item food-supply agreements where specialty dried-produce components are actually tendered alongside mainstream groceries.