UNSPSC 50581815: Non GMO castor beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO castor beans. 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 50581815 Non GMO castor beans is a Commodity code that nominally addresses a single agricultural input, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little alignment with non-GMO castor beans specifically. The recent opportunities block contains four postings: food services concessions at a county regional park, produce procurement for a health care coalition, a state-level food supplies and kitchen products bid, and a school district National School Lunch Program line-item food bid. None of these solicitations reference castor beans or oil-seed procurement. The code appears to be a mislabeling artifact in state and local procurement systems, with tagged opportunities actually spanning general food service management, fresh produce delivery, and school cafeteria food-and-supplies procurement across multiple issuing bodies and geographies.

Activity under this code is not concentrated — the recent postings originate from Collier County (Florida) Parks and Recreation, Marion Health Care Coalition, the State of Georgia, and Early County Board of Education (Georgia), reflecting fragmentation across county parks departments, health care entities, state agencies, and school districts. The Early County Board of Education IFB (posted May 11, 2026, due June 8, 2026) is representative of the school-district food procurement activity tagged here, covering 300+ line items including meats, poultry, seafood, dairy, vegetables, fruits, grains, and milk delivery to three schools under the National School Lunch Program with domestic sourcing preferences and firm pricing through June 30, 2027. The Collier County ITN for North Collier Regional Park food services (posted October 8, 2026, due March 6, 2025) seeks a qualified food vendor to operate concession facilities across multiple venues with a 10-point local-vendor preference for Collier or Lee County addresses. Absent any recent opportunities actually soliciting non-GMO castor beans, the code does not currently signal actionable procurement activity in its nominal commodity area.