UNSPSC 50602707: Frozen Non GMO giant white celery

The variety of Non GMO celery known as Non GMO giant white celery that has been frozen 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 50602707 Frozen Non GMO giant white celery is a Commodity code that state and local governments nominally purchase as a specialty produce item, though recent solicitation activity under this code does not reflect procurement of frozen celery specifically. Instead, the tagged opportunities show state and local buyers soliciting broad food-supply contracts that encompass shelf-stable products, fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, and kitchen supplies — categories far wider than the code's nominal scope. The issuing bodies include county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), state departments (State of Georgia), and school districts (Early County Board of Education). The work being solicited ranges from routine food-service replenishment for senior nutrition programs and school meal compliance to institutional kitchen supply procurement supporting USDA child nutrition programs. Award methodology is lowest-responsive-and-responsible-bidder pricing on a per-unit or per-ounce basis, with line-item splitting permitted when the buying entity deems it advantageous.

Recent activity is concentrated in Georgia, with three posted opportunities spanning May through October 2026. Gwinnett County's informal written quote (IWQ 140229) for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items closed October 19, 2026 and required delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center within 72 hours of order and by December 7, 2026 due to funding constraints. The State of Georgia solicited food, supplies, and other kitchen products on May 15, 2026 with a June 22, 2026 bid due date, though the full scope was confined to an attached PDF. Early County Board of Education's FY27 food bid, posted May 11, 2026 and due June 8, 2026, sought line-by-line pricing for 300+ food items plus non-food supplies across the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with contract performance running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and options to extend. The code shows little recent activity directly tracking frozen celery procurement and appears to be a tagging mismatch with the broader food-supply contracts actually being awarded.