UNSPSC 50596703: Dried Non GMO chinese yams

The variety of Non GMO yams known as Non GMO chinese yams 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 50596703 Dried Non GMO Chinese Yams, a Commodity code, shows little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The sole recent opportunity that explicitly tagged this code—a Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education grocery procurement (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026)—treated dried yams as one line item within a much broader 1,100-line-item food supply solicitation spanning breakfast items, cereals, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and meat products for the National School Lunch Program. The remaining recent opportunities in the dataset—fresh produce contracts, bulk meal delivery, food supply distribution, and eggs—do not reference this specific commodity and appear to be tagged to the code incorrectly or as a minor inclusion within larger food procurement scopes.

State and local procurement under this code operates through school districts and county boards of education, with issuing bodies in Connecticut, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, and Florida pursuing generic grocery and produce supply contracts that bundle dried yams alongside hundreds of other items rather than soliciting them as standalone products. The issuing bodies are school nutrition programs, senior meal programs, and state-supported living facilities seeking comprehensive food supply arrangements. Geographic activity spans the Southeast (Georgia, Mississippi, Florida), Mid-Atlantic (Connecticut), and Texas, but no pattern of dedicated dried-yam-specific procurement emerges from the data. Pursuit of this code is not recommended absent a direct customer relationship with a known school district or institutional buyer maintaining standing purchase orders for this specific commodity; the broader trend in recent solicitations favors bundled food supply contracts with established distributors rather than commodity-specific sourcing.