UNSPSC 50591817: Dried Non GMO dragon tongue beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO dragon tongue 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 50591817 Dried Non-GMO Dragon Tongue Beans is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty dried legume ingredients procured primarily by school districts and state nutrition programs for child nutrition and senior meal services. State and local governments buying under this code source dried beans as components of school breakfast and lunch meal production, senior congregate dining, and summer food service programs, frequently integrated into commodity-based procurement that bundles multiple food product lines under single master grocery or food supply contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and boards of education (including independent districts, county systems, and multi-district cooperative purchasing vehicles), state health and human services departments managing senior and institutional nutrition programs, and municipal purchasing departments on behalf of school boards. Recent opportunities show school nutrition procurement across elementary, middle, and high school networks serving thousands of students, with contracts structured around National School Lunch Program compliance, Buy American domestic-content requirements, and nutritional standards including whole grain and sodium limits mandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County systems; State of Georgia food procurement), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), with Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools) also active. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) spanning 76 line items across elementary, middle, and high schools with weekly deliveries and firm fixed pricing; Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA Foods RFP (RFP 026-41, due February 25, 2026) with anticipated contract value of approximately $3.1 million for 8,200 students across 13 sites; and Bulloch County Board of Education's School Nutrition Grocery Bid (IFB #043025, due May 4, 2026) covering multiple product categories across 14 school delivery sites with initial term through June 30, 2027. The code sees steady multi-state procurement activity centered on annual school nutrition contracting cycles, with contracts typically running July 1 through June 30 and structured around master grocery frameworks or commodity-inclusive food supply agreements rather than specialty-item procurement.