UNSPSC 50586812: Non GMO beet tops

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO beet tops. 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 50586812 Non GMO beet tops is a Commodity code that has generated minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally designates a single fresh vegetable product, but the recent opportunities posted under this identifier span broadly across institutional food service procurement—principally school nutrition programs sourcing hundreds of produce line items, not beet tops specifically. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county education boards across Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Missouri, supplemented by state purchasing offices; school nutrition procurement dominates the activity visible in recent solicitations, driven by federal Child Nutrition Reimbursable and USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program funding mandates.

The geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Glynn County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County school districts, plus state-level Georgia solicitations), followed by Texas (Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD), Florida (Hillsborough County Public Schools), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI). School districts uniformly require weekly or twice-weekly delivery to multiple campuses between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., HACCP certification or equivalent food safety documentation, Buy American compliance, firm pricing for contract terms ranging from one to three years, and general liability insurance commonly in the $1 million to $2 million range. Representative recent opportunities include the Northside ISD RFP 2026-048 for fresh produce (due May 7, 2026) serving 127 campuses across San Antonio with USDA reimbursable compliance required; Hillsborough County Public Schools' FFVP fresh fruit and vegetable program RFP (due March 11, 2026) for 18 elementary schools with a $600,000 annual budget; and the Douglas County School System's cooperative purchasing RFP SN 26-004 covering 30 Georgia school districts with approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending and proposals due March 4, 2026. The code as tagged does not accurately reflect the scope of work being solicited—opportunities center on multi-item produce vendor contracts supporting institutional child nutrition, not specialty or single-commodity sourcing.