UNSPSC 50591843: Dried Non GMO nuna beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO nuna 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 50591843 Dried Non GMO nuna beans is a Commodity code that encompasses dried specialty bean products purchased by state and local school districts, county health and human services agencies, and senior nutrition programs. State and local government buyers under this code procure dried beans as components of school lunch programs, adult care facility meal services, and congregate senior nutrition programs, typically as line items within broader food and consumable product solicitations rather than as standalone bean-only contracts. The work involves meeting National School Lunch Program compliance requirements, Buy American provisions mandating domestic agricultural content, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and allergen restrictions (particularly nut-free specifications). Vendors must provide nutritional analyses, ingredient panels, product formulation statements, and samples subject to blind testing by school or facility personnel, with delivery typically to central warehouses and designated facility sites on standard pallets with freight prepaid and 24-hour emergency backup availability.

Recent activity spans school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, and Mississippi; state health and human services agencies in Texas; and county nutrition programs in Florida. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 in June 2026 for over 1,100 grocery line items including dried beans for the Bridgeport Board of Education with a June 30, 2026 deadline and delivery to a central warehouse at 113 Federal Street and school sites, requiring Net 45 payment terms and $1 million per occurrence general liability insurance. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce under IFB SN002-2027 with a June 26, 2026 deadline, and 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 a July 13, 2026 deadline. Hillsborough County in Florida issued ITB 26-00289 for senior meal services valued at $17.8 million over three years. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi solicited Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program meal boxes with an April 29, 2026 deadline.