UNSPSC 50596865: Dried Non GMO yampi

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO yampi that has 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 50596865 Dried Non GMO yampi is a Commodity code that does not align with current state and local procurement activity. The source contains fourteen recent opportunities tagged with this code, but they are for broad grocery procurement — fresh produce, boxed meals, meal delivery services, and comprehensive food supply distribution across school districts, county governments, and municipalities — rather than dried non-GMO yams or yampi specifically. The actual scope of work state and local governments buy under this code appears to be mislabeled or the code itself is not in active use for its nominal commodity.

The recent opportunities span school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply across Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, with issuing bodies including school district boards of education (Fairfax County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Bulloch County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Douglas County School System, Meriden Public Schools), county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and municipalities (City of Bridgeport, City of Dallas). Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026), the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years (due June 25, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB for Master Grocery K-12 covering 45 schools and distribution centers (due April 27, 2026), and the Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution serving 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of $9 million (due February 18, 2026). These opportunities indicate the code is either incorrectly applied to general food service procurement or is not actively tracked for dried yam products in state and local markets.