UNSPSC 50601814: Frozen Non GMO cannellini beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO cannellini beans that have been frozen 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 50601814 Frozen Non GMO cannellini beans is a Commodity code describing canned or frozen legume products that state and local food service programs—primarily school districts—procure as part of their broader child nutrition and institutional meal operations. Recent state and local solicitations show that while frozen beans appear in line-item food service bids, they are almost never named as discrete procurement targets; instead, they cluster within larger grocery or specialty food requests where they compete for inclusion alongside vegetables, grains, proteins, and prepared entrees that meet USDA nutrition standards, low-sodium specifications, and whole-grain or non-GMO preferences. School districts dominate the issuing bodies, with recent activity concentrated in Georgia and Missouri, where child nutrition services place annual food service contracts covering 300 to 900+ food line items. State departments and independent school districts in Texas also solicit under related food codes, though the frozen-bean category itself rarely appears as a named commodity in the publicly available opportunity records.

Georgia school districts—including Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, City Schools of Decatur, Early County Board of Education, and the cooperative procurement by Douglas County School System serving 30 districts across two regions—posted the most recent and highest-volume food service RFPs and IFBs between February and June 2026. The Early County Board of Education RFP (PE55045NONST2027000000006, due June 8, 2026) encompassed 300+ food line items for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program; the City Schools of Decatur IFB (PE77310NONST2026000000018, due May 15, 2026) requested frozen foods and grocery items with emphasis on whole-grain and low-sodium formulations; and the Douglas County cooperative RFP (PE64810NONST2026000000046, due February 18, 2026) sought a main-line food distributor for approximately $9 million in annual food supply across 32 schools. The Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 29, 2026) solicited over 900 grocery line items for the 2026–2027 contract year. Dallas Independent School District in Texas issued an RFP (JC250079, due April 2, 2026) for food products not available through main commodity bids. All contracts emphasize firm pricing, Buy American compliance, HACCP plan requirements, food recall procedures, and delivery to multiple school sites Monday through Friday within strict temperature and time windows. No recent opportunities explicitly name frozen cannellini beans as a line item, indicating the code sees activity only as part of aggregate vegetable or specialty-item procurement where specific bean products are neither isolated nor individually tracked in public summaries.