UNSPSC 50595401: Dried Non GMO purple hull peas

The variety of Non GMO peas known as Non GMO purple hull peas 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 50595401 Dried Non-GMO purple hull peas is a Commodity code that captures a single dried-legume product line, but the recent state and local opportunities do not show procurement activity specifically for dried purple hull peas. Instead, the solicitations tagged with this code reflect broader food-service contracting across school nutrition, senior meal programs, and institutional food supply — acquisitions of large mixed grocery, produce, and meal-preparation services where dried legumes would be one item among hundreds or thousands of line items. The mismatch between the code's narrow product scope and the actual work being solicited suggests this code does not currently see targeted procurement activity in state and local markets at the commodity level.

The issuing bodies across recent opportunities include school districts (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia; Fairfax County, Virginia; Bulloch County, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County, Georgia; Meriden, Connecticut; Douglas County, Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier, Mississippi), county and municipal governments (Hillsborough County, Florida; City of Dallas, Texas), a state health-and-human-services authority (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and the State of Georgia — a wide mix of K-12 nutrition programs, senior meal services, and state facility food supply. The geographic spread is concentrated in Georgia and Florida, with secondary activity in Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking 1,100+ grocery line items for the school board (RFP, June 30, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education issuing an IFB for 200+ fresh-produce line items (June 26, 2026); Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners seeking senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years (ITB, June 25, 2026); and Douglas County School System seeking a main-line food distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily with estimated annual spend of $9 million (RFP, February 18, 2026). None of these solicitations are coded or marketed as dried-legume procurements; the code's assignment appears to be a classification error rather than a signal of active market demand for this specific commodity.