UNSPSC 50605508: Frozen Non GMO korean peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO korean peppers 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 50605508 Frozen Non GMO Korean Peppers is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within food service procurement — specifically frozen Korean pepper products sourced without genetic modification. State and local governments purchase frozen peppers under this code primarily as specialty ingredient items for school nutrition programs, institutional food service operations, and centralized food distribution networks. The solicitations in the recent-opportunities block show that frozen and fresh produce procurement dominates school district nutrition budgets, with peppers appearing as individual line items within broader food bids that include dozens or hundreds of vegetable, fruit, grain, protein, and prepared-food categories. Issuing bodies across the recent sample are predominantly school districts and school systems — including Early County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Dallas Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) — as well as state purchasing offices in Georgia. These jurisdictions solicit food products through RFPs and IFBs on annual cycles aligned with fiscal or school years, typically running July 1 through June 30 with firm pricing requirements and options for renewal terms.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri. Recent RFPs and IFBs for fresh and frozen produce span the Savannah-Chatham County area, Decatur, Douglas County, and statewide Georgia procurement; Dallas ISD in Texas; and Rockwood R-VI in St. Louis County. Representative opportunities include the Early County Board of Education's June 8, 2026 due date for line-by-line food and non-food bids encompassing 300+ items with emphasis on domestic sourcing and low-sodium formulations; City Schools of Decatur's May 15, 2026 IFB for frozen foods and grocery items with delivery to ten school sites and $1,000,000 general liability insurance requirements; and Douglas County School System's March 4, 2026 RFP for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two. The UNSPSC code itself appears infrequently in the recent-opportunities sample; frozen Korean peppers do not surface explicitly in any posted solicitation. The code shows little relevant recent activity and may reflect a mismatch between the narrowly defined commodity and the broad, multi-item procurement patterns state and local food service operations actually use.