UNSPSC 50596620: Dried Non GMO whangaparoa crown pumpkin

The variety of Non GMO winter squashes and winter pumpkins known as Non GMO whangaparoa crown pumpkin 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 50596620 Dried Non GMO Whangaparoa Crown Pumpkin is a Commodity code that captures a narrow agricultural product line, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little direct alignment with the specific product name. The most recent solicitations tagged to this code span broad food-service procurement — school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply — where dried pumpkin or specialty produce items may appear as one line item among hundreds in larger grocery or fresh-produce aggregations. The issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for El Paso State Supported Living Center, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), and state-level procurement (State of Georgia). These entities solicit food and consumable products under cooperative nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program and Adult Care Food Program, with emphasis on Buy American provisions and nutritional compliance standards.

Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in the South and Mid-Atlantic, with posted solicitations from Connecticut (Bridgeport, June 2026), Texas (El Paso, June 2026), Georgia (Atlanta, May 2026), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier, April 2026), and Florida (Hillsborough County, June 2026). Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's grocery-items RFQ (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items for school food service with 51% domestic agricultural content required, the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) with over 200 line items of fresh and specialty produce, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products IFB (HHS0017449, due July 11, 2026) with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026) reflects institutional food service at an estimated $17.8 million over three years. The code shows low specific activity — no recent solicitation explicitly names dried pumpkin or whangaparoa varieties — and vendors pursuing this code should treat it as a niche component within broader school nutrition and institutional food-service RFQs and IFBs where specialty or processed vegetable items are itemized.