UNSPSC 50596816: Dried Non GMO cha-om

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO cha-om 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 50596816 Dried Non GMO cha-om is a Commodity code that nominally names a single dried herbal product, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little alignment with the commodity's specific scope. The representative opportunities posted since mid-April 2026 span institutional food service procurement—school nutrition programs, senior meal delivery, health and human services facility food supply, and board of education grocery contracts—none of which reference cha-om or dried herbs as line items. These solicitations instead request broad fresh produce, packaged meal boxes, comprehensive grocery assortments spanning over 1,100 line items, and prepared meal services. The mismatch suggests either systematic miscoding of food-service opportunities under this commodity code or that cha-om is embedded within larger commodity bundles that issuing bodies have tagged broadly rather than at the specific product level.

Activity appears across a geographic span including Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, with issuing bodies representing school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and special health and human services facilities. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 RFQ for grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program with response due June 30, 2026; Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with response due July 13, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with response due June 26, 2026; and Hillsborough County's ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years with response due June 25, 2026. The absence of solicitations directly naming dried cha-om or similar specialty dried herbs suggests this code experiences minimal relevant procurement activity in the state and local market.