UNSPSC 50581833: Non GMO kidney beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO kidney 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 50581833 Non GMO kidney beans, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity currently tagged to it. The recent opportunities in the dataset are solicitations for fresh produce, fresh fruits and vegetables, and comprehensive grocery items for school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and USDA-funded child nutrition initiatives—none of which specifically identify non-GMO kidney beans or dried legumes as line items.

State and local governments buying under this code are primarily school districts and county boards of education procuring fresh produce and food service supplies to support the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Issuing bodies include school districts ranging from small rural districts (Early County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District) to large urban systems (Austin ISD, McAllen ISD, Northside ISD in San Antonio, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools), along with state departments of education and county school nutrition programs in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida. The solicitations emphasize fresh produce—apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, and eggs—delivered weekly or multiple times per week to school campuses. Several RFPs (Douglas County School System, Northside ISD, Austin ISD, McAllen ISD) are cooperatively procured to serve multiple districts simultaneously. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Early County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Douglas County), Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Northside ISD), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), with one Florida procurement (Hillsborough County Public Schools) and state-level buys in Georgia for fresh produce and food supplies. Representative recent solicitations include Early County Board of Education's line-by-line fresh-food RFQ due June 8, 2026, encompassing 300+ food items with USDA compliance and domestic sourcing preferences; Northside ISD's RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce due May 7, 2026, serving 127 schools across San Antonio with USDA Buy American and "Harvest of the Month" preferences; McAllen ISD's RFP 2026-1029 for fresh produce due March 6, 2026, serving 20,000 students across 31 campuses with domestic-agricultural priority; and Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One, due March 4, 2026. The code assignment appears to be a mismatch with actual procurement content—dried kidney beans or legumes do not appear in any of these solicitations, suggesting the taxonomy tag may require correction or the code sees no material recent activity in state and local public procurement.