UNSPSC 50596830: Dried Non GMO ginger root

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO ginger root 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 50596830 Dried Non GMO Ginger Root, a Commodity code, does not reflect the scope of actual state and local procurement under this classification. Recent state and local opportunities tagged with this code span comprehensive food service procurement — fresh produce supply for school nutrition programs, senior meal preparation and delivery, institutional food service, and boxed meal catering — with dried specialty spices appearing incidentally, if at all, within broader grocery solicitations. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, and Douglas County School System), along with a state health agency (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), a county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), a city purchasing department (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases on behalf of Bridgeport Board of Education, and City of Dallas), a state procurement office (State of Georgia), and a city school department (Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut). School districts dominate the activity, with food service contracts supporting National School Lunch Programs, Child Nutrition services, and summer food programs.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic: Georgia (State of Georgia, Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County), Connecticut (Meriden, Bridgeport), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (HHSC), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Virginia (Fairfax County). Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery solicitation (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026) covering over 1,100 line items for school meals with Buy American provisions and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act compliance; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce bid (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) for over 200 produce line items across apple varieties, berries, and specialty items; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring bidders to supply 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens; and Douglas County School System's multi-district fresh produce RFP (SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026) spanning 30 Georgia school districts with estimated spending of $5.5 million. The code shows no recent solicitations for dried non-GMO ginger root as a standalone item or specialty spice commodity.