UNSPSC 50596610: Dried Non GMO cushaw squash

The variety of Non GMO winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as Non GMO cushaw squash that has 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 50596610 Dried Non GMO cushaw squash, a Commodity code, has generated minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with this specific product line. The recent opportunities in the dataset span comprehensive food service procurement—school nutrition programs, senior meal delivery, institutional food supply, and boxed meal catering across Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia—but none explicitly solicit dried cushaw squash as a line item. The closest activity involves broad grocery and fresh produce contracts where dried or specialty vegetables might be embedded within larger item lists, though the solicitations do not isolate this commodity for separate bid consideration.

State and local buyers pursuing food service contracts under broader UNSPSC families (fresh produce, grocery supply, school nutrition) include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Douglas County School System, Meriden Public Schools), county and municipal bodies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida, City of Bridgeport Connecticut, City of Dallas), and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia). Recent solicitations show school nutrition dominating the activity volume, with RFPs and IFBs for annual or multi-year contracts involving 32,000 to 45 school sites and estimated values from $3.1 million to $17.8 million. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP food safety certification, nutritional compliance with Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act standards, and firm fixed pricing are standard across these procurements. No recent opportunity in the dataset names dried cushaw squash explicitly, and the code shows no distinct purchasing signal separate from general dried-vegetable or specialty-ingredient procurement embedded in larger school nutrition and institutional food supply contracts.