UNSPSC 50596848: Dried Non GMO palm hearts

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO palm hearts 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 50596848 Dried Non GMO palm hearts is a Commodity code representing a single product line — dried palm hearts without genetic modification — that state and local governments source through broader grocery and food-service procurement contracts. The actual buying activity under this code appears embedded within large multi-item food and nutrition solicitations rather than as a standalone line item. School districts, county governments, and state health and human services agencies drive the bulk of this procurement, soliciting dried palm hearts as part of comprehensive grocery contracts that support child nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food operations. The products are purchased to meet National School Lunch Program requirements, Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items, and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards where applicable. Vendors must typically submit nutritional analyses, ingredient panels, HACCP plans, and documentation of compliance with federal child nutrition rules; contracts run on firm fixed pricing basis for 12-month terms with optional renewals.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department, with delivery to a central warehouse and school sites on a 48-hour Monday–Friday basis. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical annual value of $1.5 million and a due date of July 13, 2026. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce and specialty items under IFB SN002-2027 with a June 26, 2026 response date. Hillsborough County, Florida posted ITB-26-00289 on June 3, 2026, for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi bid Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program packaged meal boxes in April 2026. Dried palm hearts appear as one component within these large institutional food contracts rather than as a standalone procurement; the code shows moderate recent activity concentrated in school nutrition and state institutional food service.