UNSPSC 50596835: Dried Non GMO kudzu

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO kudzu 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 50596835 Dried Non GMO kudzu, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged under this code overwhelmingly solicit broad-based food and meal services—grocery supply to school districts and public institutions, fresh produce for school nutrition programs, senior meal preparation and delivery, and institutional meal boxes—rather than dried kudzu as a specialized commodity. The issuing bodies span school districts (Bridgeport, Pascagoula-Gautier, Fairfax County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Meriden, Douglas County), county governments (Hillsborough County), cities (Dallas, Meriden), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and specialized public bodies. School nutrition procurement dominates the recent activity, with multiple districts soliciting multi-category grocery and fresh produce contracts under IFB and RFP mechanisms.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast, particularly Georgia (State of Georgia food supplies, Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham), with secondary activity in Connecticut (Meriden), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (Dallas, Texas HHS El Paso facility), Virginia (Fairfax County), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier). Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) covering 76 minimum grocery items across 45 schools with an estimated substantial value; Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026) with an estimated contract value of $17,832,659.90 over three years; Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution RFP (due February 18, 2026) with approximately $9,000,000 estimated annual expenditure; and Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA Foods RFP (due February 25, 2026) with approximately $3,100,000 anticipated value. The code does not reflect actual dried kudzu procurement—the mismatch suggests the commodity code may be incorrectly applied to these opportunities or the data source reflects a classification error.