UNSPSC 50591906: Dried Non GMO burpees golden beets

The variety of Non GMO beets known as Non GMO burpees golden beets 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 50591906 Dried Non GMO burpees golden beets, a Commodity code, covers specialty vegetable products procured by state and local education and human services agencies to support meal service programs. Recent solicitations show the code tagged across a wide range of food service procurement activity—from fresh produce and generic grocery items to packaged meals and prepared food services—suggesting a mismatch between the narrow commodity scope and the actual breadth of food procurement work being solicited. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Bridgeport Board of Education), human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), and state procurement offices (State of Georgia). Most solicitations are issued under IFB or ITB notice types and span multi-month contract periods tied to fiscal or school years.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Texas. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued an IFB for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 response date covering over 200 line items of produce; Bridgeport, Connecticut issued a broad grocery bid (BNB052266) with a June 30, 2026 deadline encompassing over 1,100 line items and supporting the National School Lunch Program under Buy American requirements; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables with a July 11, 2026 deadline and a historical value guideline of $1.5 million; Hillsborough County, Florida solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB 26-00289, due June 25, 2026) with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90; and the State of Georgia posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products bid (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) with full scope in an attached document. Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Mississippi requested bids for packaged seven-day meal boxes (April 29, 2026 deadline). Buy American provisions with 51 percent domestic agricultural content and compliance with federal nutrition standards (Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, Title VII CFR) are consistent across school and public-nutrition contracts.