UNSPSC 50596864: Dried Non GMO water chestnuts

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO water chestnuts 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 50596864 Dried Non-GMO water chestnuts is a Commodity code that names a single specialty ingredient, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows little direct purchasing of dried water chestnuts themselves. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code reflect broader food and consumable procurement by school districts, county health agencies, and state health and human services departments. The actual solicitations span fresh produce, bulk grocery items for school lunch programs, food service supplies for state-supported living centers, and prepared senior meals—categories that may occasionally include specialty ingredients like dried water chestnuts as line items within larger product schedules, but do not center on them. Issuing bodies are primarily school nutrition departments (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida), and state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). These jurisdictions source food under the National School Lunch Program, the Adult Care Food Program, and institutional food service contracts, with compliance requirements including Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content in most cases), nutrition standards under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, HACCP plans, and liability insurance mandates.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas, with posted opportunities from Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas between April and June 2026. Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items due June 30, 2026, spanning breakfast items, frozen products, condiments, and vegetables for school lunch; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce across 200-plus line items (apples, berries, leafy greens, specialty fruits) due June 26, 2026; and Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026. Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted an IFB for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical annual value of $1.5 million, due July 11, 2026. These contracts typically run one to three years, require firm fixed pricing with CPI adjustments where permitted, and demand substantial compliance documentation and insurance. The code itself shows limited discrete demand specifically for dried water chestnuts; opportunities are tagged broadly to food and consumable procurement and may reference specialty ingredients only as minor line items within expansive product schedules.