UNSPSC 50606419: Frozen Non GMO shirley tomatoes

The variety of Non GMO tomatoes known as Non GMO shirley tomatoes 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 50606419 Frozen Non GMO shirley tomatoes is a Commodity code. Recent state and local activity under this code shows minimal relevance — the solicitation database contains no recent opportunities explicitly requesting frozen non-GMO shirley tomatoes. The closest related activity involves broader frozen-foods and fresh-produce procurements by school districts and state agencies, but none of the recent opportunities name shirley tomatoes or specify frozen tomato products as line items.

School districts and state agencies in Georgia, Missouri, and Texas are actively soliciting frozen foods and fresh produce for child nutrition programs, typically through IFBs and RFPs with response dates in spring 2026. Early County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Dallas Independent School District (Texas) have posted major procurements for food products to support National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with line-item bids encompassing dozens to hundreds of produce and frozen items. The Douglas County School System in Georgia issued a joint cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $5.5 million combined across two geographic areas. However, the Commodity code 50606419 does not map clearly to actual purchasing activity in the recent-opportunities record — no solicitation identifies frozen shirley tomatoes as a distinct bid line or specification. Vendors pursuing frozen-produce supply should monitor broader frozen-foods and fresh-produce solicitations under higher-tier codes and watch for specific product line additions in school-district nutrition RFPs, which typically allow line-item substitution and product-equivalency negotiation.