UNSPSC 50591824: Dried Non GMO green or string beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO green 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 50591824 Dried Non GMO green or string beans is a Commodity code that covers dried legumes sourced as non-genetically-modified organisms for institutional food service. State and local governments procure dried beans under this code principally to supply school district nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food-service facilities. Recent solicitations show that school districts and county boards of education use dried beans as components of larger grocery and produce contracts that support National School Lunch Program compliance and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education, with some activity from state-level institutions like the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's El Paso State Supported Living Center and county boards of county commissioners managing senior nutrition programs. All recent solicitations emphasize Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products, HACCP plans, and compliance with federal nutritional labeling and whole-grain requirements.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and appears fragmented across multiple school districts and counties. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, soliciting on behalf of the Bridgeport Board of Education, posted an IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items including dried vegetables on June 30, 2026, with delivery Monday through Friday to a central warehouse and designated school sites; the contract term runs July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, with firm fixed pricing and Net 45 payment terms. Hancock County Board of Education posted an IFB on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce across 200+ line items for the 2026–27 school year with a June 26, 2026 bid due date; while that solicitation emphasized fresh produce, the broader grocery-item contracts regularly incorporate dried beans and related shelf-stable items. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026 (responses due July 11, 2026), supporting a prior-year spend of $1.5 million. Hillsborough County, Florida, posted an ITB on June 3, 2026, for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year contract value of $17,832,659.90. Georgia and Mississippi school districts also posted grocery and meal-box solicitations in the May–June 2026 period, though detailed commodity-level line-item data were not fully disclosed in publicly available summaries.