UNSPSC 50596301: Dried Non GMO beauregard sweet potatoes

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO beauregard sweet potatoes 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 50596301 Dried Non GMO Beauregard Sweet Potatoes (Commodity) spans specialty ingredient procurement for school food service, institutional dining, and public nutrition programs. State and local governments acquire dried sweet potatoes primarily through multi-item grocery and fresh produce RFPs and IFBs that bundle this commodity alongside hundreds of other food products. The recent solicitation activity shows school districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and county commissioners purchasing packaged and processed food items subject to Buy American Provision requirements (minimum 51% domestic agricultural content), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, HACCP compliance, and National School Lunch Program eligibility. Issuing bodies span independent school districts (Pascagoula-Gautier in Mississippi, Hancock County in Georgia, Bridgeport in Connecticut), county education boards (Hancock County), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Florida). No single jurisdiction emerges as a repeat buyer of this code specifically, though school nutrition departments and state institutional food service programs represent the primary end users.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with recent IFBs and RFPs posted by Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia; Pascagoula, Mississippi; Texas; and Hillsborough County, Florida. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Board of Education RFP BNB052266 (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) seeking over 1,100 line items of grocery items including vegetables and fruits for school meal service with Buy American and nutrition-standards compliance; Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center at a prior-period value of $1.5 million; and Hancock County Board of Education IFB #SN002-2027 (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) requesting fresh produce across 200+ line items including root vegetables, berries, and specialty produce for school delivery July 2026–June 2027. The code shows limited specific targeting under dried sweet potatoes in isolation; dried specialty vegetables appear embedded in broader institutional food procurement RFPs and ITBs where commodity-level specifications drive vendor qualification rather than sole-source buying.