UNSPSC 50603003: Frozen Non GMO chinese flowering cabbage

The variety of Non GMO chinese cabbage known as Non GMO chinese flowering cabbage 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 50603003 Frozen Non GMO Chinese Flowering Cabbage is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code buy frozen vegetables for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and general food supply operations. The recent solicitations tagged to this code reveal a mismatch: the opportunities posted include comprehensive food-service bids for fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery items, eggs, and broad-based commodity procurement, but none name frozen non-GMO Chinese flowering cabbage as a line item or scope element. The code appears to capture a specific product variant within a much broader frozen-vegetable category that state and local buyers address through larger, multi-item food-service RFPs and IFBs rather than as discrete commodity procurements.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix for food procurement across this tier, with recent activity concentrated in Georgia and Missouri. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued two major RFPs in January and February 2026—one for food supply and distribution services with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000, and a second for fresh produce and eggs across a 30-district cooperative totaling approximately $5.5 million in combined annual spending. Early County Board of Education (Georgia), the City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) all posted food bids in March through June 2026, each spanning 60+ line items of fresh produce, frozen foods, groceries, and dairy products with firm pricing and delivery requirements to school locations. Dallas Independent School District (Texas) issued an RFP in February 2026 for supplemental food products not covered in main commodity bids, emphasizing non-preferred ingredients compliance under Texas Legislative Bill #314. The State of Georgia issued a general food, supplies, and kitchen-products bid in May 2026 and a fresh-produce IFB in April 2026. Contract terms typically run July 1 through June 30, with renewal options up to three additional years, firm pricing for the initial period, delivery to school sites Monday through Friday during meal-service windows, and compliance with HACCP, Buy American, E-Verify, and food-recall procedures. No recent solicitations explicitly name frozen non-GMO Chinese flowering cabbage as a specification; the code shows minimal targeted activity for this specific product line.