UNSPSC 50591900: Dried Non GMO beets

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO beets that has 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 50591900 Dried Non GMO beets, a Class code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The single commodity name suggests a narrowly defined product line, yet the opportunities tagged to this code span broad food service procurement — grocery supply contracts, school meal programs, senior meal delivery, and fresh produce distribution — none of which center on dried non-GMO beets as a line item or scope driver. The mismatch between the code's specificity and the breadth of the opportunities assigned to it signals either a classification error in the underlying procurement systems or a convention in which state and local agencies use higher-order food codes to cast wide nets during sourcing.

The recent opportunities bearing this code tag originate from school districts (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier, Mississippi; Fairfax County, Virginia; Bulloch County, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham, Georgia; Meriden, Connecticut), a state health and human services agency (Texas HHSC), a county commissioners board (Hillsborough County, Florida), a state procurement office (Georgia), and a city purchasing department (Dallas). Most are IFBs or RFPs with response dates between late April and mid-July 2026, requesting comprehensive food and grocery supply contracts valued in the millions — Meriden Public Schools at $3.1 million, Hillsborough County senior meals at $17.8 million over three years, Douglas County School System food supply and distribution at approximately $9 million annually. The buy-American requirement (51% domestic agricultural content) and school nutrition program compliance obligations appear consistently across K-12 and institutional foodservice procurements. No opportunities reference dried beets explicitly or position them as a significant specification within bid scope, indicating this code sees negligible targeted activity at the commodity level and merits a watch posture rather than pursuit unless your firm bids as a sub-line-item supplier within larger food-service winning vehicles.