UNSPSC 50603901: Frozen Non GMO angled loofah

The variety of Non GMO gourds known as Non GMO angled loofah that have 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 50603901 Frozen Non GMO Angled Loofah is a Commodity code that nominally names a single cleaning product, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not reflect actual loofah procurement. Instead, the code shows a mismatch between its taxonomy label and the work being bought: all eight recent solicitations logged under this code are school nutrition and food service procurements, spanning fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery items, eggs, and comprehensive food supply and distribution for child nutrition programs. The issuing bodies are exclusively public school systems—Early County Board of Education and City Schools of Decatur in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia, Dallas Independent School District in Texas, and Douglas County School System in Georgia—indicating that food service procurement dominates recent tagging under the code, not cleaning supplies or janitorial products.

The geographic concentration is in the Southeast, with Georgia and Texas accounting for the majority of recent postings and Missouri representing the long tail. Representative recent opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line bid for approximately 300+ food items and 60+ non-food and paper cleaning supplies, with a June 8, 2026 response deadline; the City Schools of Decatur's IFB for frozen foods and grocery items with a May 15, 2026 due date; the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs to serve a 30-district cooperative with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million combined for two geographic areas and a March 4, 2026 response deadline; and Dallas Independent School District's RFP for various food products not available through main commodity bids, due April 2, 2026. The code appears to be systematically misapplied to school food service work; no relevant recent loofah or cleaning-product procurement is present in the opportunity record.