UNSPSC 50591805: Dried Non GMO black appaloosa beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO black appaloosa beans that have been dried 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 50591805 Dried Non GMO black appaloosa beans is a Commodity code that represents a single legume product line, but recent state and local solicitations do not feature dried black appaloosa beans specifically. The recent opportunities in the source block are tagged with the code but actually solicit for broad food service procurement — meal components, fresh produce, comprehensive grocery supplies, and prepared meals spanning dozens or hundreds of line items, not a single bean variety. The opportunities range from school nutrition program grocery contracts encompassing over 1,100 line items (Bridgeport), to state supported living center food and consumable products (Texas HHS), to fresh produce specifications (Hancock County Schools, Georgia state procurement, Savannah-Chatham County), to senior meal delivery services (Hillsborough County), to boxed meal delivery (Dallas). None of the representative opportunities disclosed in the source names black appaloosa beans as a distinct commodity being solicited. This mismatch between the UNSPSC commodity designation and the scope of work actually being bought suggests that the code either is not in active use for state and local procurement at the commodity level, or is being applied inconsistently to aggregated food service contracts that do not isolate individual legume SKUs.

The issuing bodies across the recent opportunities include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, and Douglas County School System), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), the City of Dallas, the City of Meriden, the State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the State of Georgia. Activity appears concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Mississippi), Mid-Atlantic (Connecticut, Virginia), and Texas. Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026, approximately $3.1 million estimated annual value), the City of Bridgeport's Grocery Items bid (due June 30, 2026, supporting the National School Lunch Program), and Douglas County School System's Food Supply and Distribution RFP (due February 18, 2026, approximately $9 million estimated annual expenditure). The code shows little relevant recent activity at the single-commodity level; state and local food procurement operates almost entirely through aggregated product lines and bundled supply contracts.