UNSPSC 50596821: Dried Non GMO dandelions

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO dandelions 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 50596821 Dried Non GMO dandelions is a Commodity code representing a single product line within dried agricultural inputs for food service and nutrition programs. State and local governments buy this item as part of broader food procurement for school districts, institutional food services, and senior meal programs operating under federal nutrition standards including the National School Lunch Program and Adult Care Food Program. The code appears in solicitations alongside hundreds of other food and ingredient line items, where dried non-GMO dandelions serve as a specialty vegetable or supplement product meeting Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition requirements and Buy American Provision thresholds (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content).

Recent activity shows school districts and county food service operations as the primary issuing bodies. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), the City of Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), and Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) have posted fresh produce and food supply solicitations in the second and third quarters of 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission procurement division sought food and consumable products for an El Paso State Supported Living Center; and Hillsborough County (Florida) issued a three-year senior meal preparation and delivery services contract with an estimated value of $17.8 million. Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut, Texas). The City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items due June 30, 2026, Hancock County's fresh produce IFB due June 26, 2026, and the Texas HHS IFB for food and consumables due July 11, 2026, represent the most recent representative opportunities. However, the source provides no evidence that dried non-GMO dandelions have been explicitly solicited in any of these recent opportunities—the code appears tagged but the actual line-item scope focuses on conventional produce, cereals, proteins, and packaged foods for institutional meals.