UNSPSC 50604606: Frozen Non GMO mizuna lettuce

The variety of Non GMO lettuce known as Non GMO mizuna lettuce 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 50604606 Frozen Non GMO mizuna lettuce is a Commodity code that nominally describes a specific frozen specialty lettuce product. The recent solicitations tagged under this code, however, show little alignment with the narrow commodity scope. State and local governments soliciting food products for school nutrition programs, institutional cafeterias, and food service operations tag their RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs with codes across broad product families—fresh produce, frozen foods, grocery items, dairy, and food supply distribution—rather than individual commodity line items. The code's presence in the recent-opportunities dataset reflects the way issuing bodies use UNSPSC categorization at the family or class level to capture multiple suppliers for heterogeneous food baskets, not procurement of frozen mizuna lettuce specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, and Douglas County School System, alongside state departments and independent school districts in Texas (Dallas Independent School District). These jurisdictions solicit food products on annual or multi-year cycles to support child nutrition and school lunch programs.

The recent activity clusters in Georgia and the broader Southeast, with secondary activity in Missouri and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for 72 fresh produce items with estimated quantities ranging to 21,125 cases annually (IFB, due April 23, 2026); the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs across a 30-district cooperative serving approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending (due March 4, 2026); the Early County Board of Education's line-by-line food bid covering 300+ food items and 60+ non-food supplies for delivery July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 (due June 8, 2026); and Dallas Independent School District's RFP for various food products not covered by main commodity bids, with lots for spices and ice cream, contract period May 29, 2026 through May 28, 2027 (due April 2, 2026). School districts typically require firm pricing, HACCP compliance, Buy American provisions, general liability insurance ($500,000 to $2,000,000 per occurrence), E-Verify authorization, and delivery to multiple school sites on fixed schedules. This code sees steady activity but does not isolate procurement of frozen mizuna lettuce as a distinct line item.