UNSPSC 50596805: Dried Non GMO arrowhead

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO arrowhead 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 50596805 Dried Non GMO arrowhead is a Commodity code that nominally covers a single dried vegetable product, but the state and local procurement records show little activity directly aligned with this specific item. The recent opportunities in the source span school nutrition contracts and senior meal programs that solicit bulk food and consumable products across hundreds of line items — fresh produce, grocery staples, prepared meals, and kitchen supplies — rather than dried arrowhead as a standalone procurement. The issuing bodies are school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County and Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County, Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state procurement offices (Georgia). School districts and county agencies appear most frequently in the recent postings, typically issuing IFBs and ITBs for food service contracts tied to federal nutrition programs such as the National School Lunch Program and the Summer Food Service Program.

Recent opportunities show geographic activity across Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. Representative solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 grocery items IFB (due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American domestic agricultural content requirements; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products at an El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with historical volume of $1.5 million); Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 fresh produce IFB for the 2026–27 school year (due June 26, 2026) covering 200 line items across apple varieties, berries, and specialty produce with 51 percent domestic content thresholds; and Hillsborough County's June 2026 senior meal preparation and delivery ITB (due June 25, 2026) valued at $17.8 million over three years. The code appears to see limited direct solicitation and may be misaligned with actual purchasing patterns in school nutrition and food service contracting, where bundled grocery and produce RFQs and IFBs dominate rather than single-commodity buys.