UNSPSC 50591922: Dried Non GMO sugar beets

The variety of Non GMO beets known as Non GMO sugar 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 50591922 Dried Non GMO sugar beets is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, does not see active direct procurement under this specific designation. The recent opportunities in the source are tagged across grocery items, fresh produce, and meal services — spanning breakfast cereals, frozen vegetables, fresh apples and berries, root vegetables, and prepared meals for schools, senior centers, and state-supported living facilities. None of these solicitations explicitly name dried sugar beets or sugar beet products as a line item or scope element. The code's nominal scope (a specialty agricultural commodity) does not align with the actual work being procured under tagged opportunities, which are concentrated in broad food-service categories covering dozens or hundreds of line items per contract rather than single-commodity sourcing.

Activity under this code appears dormant for direct state and local procurement. The issuing bodies active in related food-service categories include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (serving the Bridgeport Board of Education), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center), Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida, the State of Georgia, and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi. These solicitations — covering grocery items (IFB, due June 30, 2026), fresh produce (IFB, due June 26, 2026), food and consumables for state facilities (IFB, due July 13, 2026), senior meal services (ITB, due June 25, 2026), and packaged meal boxes (sealed bid, due April 29, 2026) — demonstrate active school nutrition, senior services, and institutional feeding procurement across multiple states, but none specifically target dried sugar beets or specialty beet products. Vendors in this Commodity code should monitor whether state and local nutrition programs begin sourcing specialty or processed beet products as standalone line items rather than embedded in broad food-service RFPs.