UNSPSC 50596317: Dried Non GMO red jersey sweet potatoes

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO red jersey 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 50596317 Dried Non GMO red jersey sweet potatoes is a Commodity code that frames a narrow agricultural product line, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect a much broader food procurement landscape. The recent solicitations under this code span school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts, with state and local governments buying comprehensive grocery and produce portfolios rather than dried sweet potatoes specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix—Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi)—alongside county and city procurement offices including Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut), and the State of Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and City of Dallas round out institutional and government service buyers. Fresh produce, eggs, and comprehensive grocery items dominate the actual work being solicited; dried sweet potatoes do not appear as a line item or focus in any of the posted solicitations.

The geographic spread tracks heavily toward the Southeast, with Georgia school districts appearing in multiple recent opportunities (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County), followed by Connecticut (Bridgeport, Meriden), Florida (Hillsborough), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), Virginia (Fairfax), and Texas (Dallas, HHSC). Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, due April 27) seeking grocery supply and delivery to 45 schools and distribution kitchens with a July 2026 contract start; Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB (June 2026, due June 25) valued at $17.8 million over three years; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (June 2026, due June 26) covering 200 line items across multiple produce categories; and the City of Bridgeport's grocery items bid (June 2026, due June 30) supporting the National School Lunch Program across over 1,100 line items. The code shows substantial state and local activity but reflects commodity-level misalignment with the actual buying—the UNSPSC taxonomy appears misapplied to these broad food-service contracts rather than to the dried sweet potato product itself.