UNSPSC 50611603: Canned or jarred Non GMO giant mammoth asparagus

The variety of Non GMO asparagus known as Non GMO giant mammoth asparagus that have been canned or jarred 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 50611603 Canned or jarred non-GMO giant mammoth asparagus is a Commodity code, but the source shows little relevant recent activity under this narrow product specification. The nine recent opportunities posted to state and local procurement boards between May and October 2026 include broad food-service solicitations from Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Oregon Department of Corrections, Ben Hill County Schools, the State of Illinois, the State of Georgia, Burke County Public Schools, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Ben Hill County Schools — but none explicitly name asparagus (canned, jarred, or otherwise) as a line item. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicitation for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (IFB S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026) and the Texas HHSC request for 210 line items of supplemental food and consumables (IFB HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026) illustrate the scale and scope of canned-vegetable procurement by state and local agencies, but neither identifies non-GMO asparagus specifically. The Ben Hill County Schools food bid (IFB #26271, due June 15, 2026) and Burke County Public Schools procurement (sealed bid, due June 5, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.) encompass hundreds of line items across multiple food categories for school nutrition programs, again without explicit asparagus specification in the available summaries.

The issuing bodies soliciting food products are predominantly state agencies (Texas HHSC, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois, Georgia), county and school district nutrition programs (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), and correctional facilities. Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with activity also in Illinois. The representative opportunities show that state and local governments procure canned and jarred vegetables as components of larger food-service contracts serving institutional populations — including state supported living centers, correctional facilities, schools, and senior services — but the UNSPSC code's specificity to non-GMO giant mammoth asparagus does not align with the broad commodity purchasing patterns visible in recent solicitations. Bidders tracking this code should verify whether individual line items in large food-service RFQs and IFBs include asparagus and whether the non-GMO specification appears in emerging institutional nutrition requirements, as current public records do not surface dedicated asparagus procurement.