UNSPSC 50606317: Frozen Non GMO red jersey sweet potatoes

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO red jersey sweet potatoes 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 50606317 Frozen Non GMO red jersey sweet potatoes, a Commodity code, captures procurement of specialty frozen produce items for institutional food service. State and local governments buy this code narrowly — the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations explicitly requesting frozen sweet potatoes — but the code sits within the broader food procurement ecosystem that school districts, county departments, and state agencies access through larger food-service RFQs and IFBs. Issuing bodies under the parent family include school districts (Early County Board of Education), county agencies (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), and state purchasing offices (State of Georgia), all of which source food items through formal competitive bidding with line-item or category-level awards. When frozen specialty vegetables appear in scope, they typically fall within broader food-service contracts that include proteins, grains, fresh produce, and miscellaneous supplies rather than as standalone commodity procurements.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia, where Gwinnett County (October 2026 RFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items due October 19, 2026), Early County Board of Education (June 2026 IFB for 300+ food items and 60 non-food supplies for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, due June 8, 2026), and the State of Georgia (May 2026 food-supplies bid, due June 22, 2026) have posted recent opportunities. The code shows no recent standalone activity and limited relevance to the actual solicitations in the source block; it appears to be a residual classification for specialty frozen produce that does not drive primary procurement volume in state and local food-service contracting. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor school-district and county food-service RFBs where frozen vegetables may be listed as optional or supplemental line items rather than expect dedicated commodity solicitations.