UNSPSC 50606848: Frozen Non GMO palm hearts

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO palm hearts 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 50606848 Frozen Non GMO palm hearts is a Commodity code that represents a narrowly defined food product — specifically frozen palm hearts produced without genetic modification — yet state and local procurement records show almost no recent solicitations targeting this specific item. The code appears in state and local taxonomies primarily as a detail-level classification within broader food-service and school-nutrition procurement families, but recent opportunities solicited under it are functionally absent from the market. School districts and state agencies are instead acquiring frozen and fresh produce through wide-ranging RFPs and IFBs that span hundreds of line items across multiple product categories, with frozen palm hearts (if procured at all) embedded as one commodity among many within consolidated food-service agreements rather than solicited as a standalone purchase.

The recent procurement activity that touches the food-service space where frozen palm hearts might theoretically be purchased occurs almost entirely at the Family and Class level, not at this Commodity code level. Early County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an RFQ on June 8, 2026, for approximately 300 food items supporting the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs; Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicited bids for over 900 grocery line items with a deadline of April 29, 2026; and Douglas County School System (Georgia) awarded a main-line food distributor contract estimated at $9 million annually through an RFP closed February 18, 2026. Geographic activity clusters in Georgia and Missouri school districts, with additional solicitation from Dallas Independent School District (Texas) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia). No issuing body has posted an RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB specifically targeting frozen non-GMO palm hearts as a standalone procurement; this Commodity code does not reflect current state and local demand signals.