UNSPSC 50611819: Canned or jarred Non GMO fava beans

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO fava beans 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 50611819 Canned or jarred Non GMO fava beans is a Commodity code representing shelf-stable legume products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations—canteens, cafeterias, and on-site dining programs at state facilities, correctional institutions, school districts, and senior services centers. The recent opportunities block shows no direct solicitation for fava beans specifically; instead, state and local buyers are posting RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs for broad food service categories that include canned vegetables, beans, and legumes as line items within larger food supply contracts. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple invitations for consumable foods serving state-supported living centers; Gwinnett County (Georgia) and Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia) are soliciting shelf-stable food products including canned proteins and vegetables; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is procuring cafeteria food products across multiple distribution warehouses. These buyers treat individual food commodities as part of comprehensive food-service procurements rather than standalone purchases, meaning vendors supplying under this code typically compete within consolidated buys alongside dozens of other food line items, with pricing evaluated on a per-unit or per-case basis and award often made to a single or limited number of vendors per line item based on lowest responsive bid or best value.

The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services agencies, state correctional systems, county school nutrition programs, and county senior services departments across Texas and Georgia. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted canned-goods procurements (canned tomatoes in June 2026), and the State of Illinois solicited weekly food orders in June 2026, indicating activity beyond the Gulf South and Atlantic regions. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHS Commission IFB HHS0018082 (due October 23, 2026) for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center, which bundled 22 line items including prepared foods and food service supplies with F.O.B. Destination delivery within seven days; Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 (due October 19, 2026) for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins with 72-hour delivery to the Senior Services Center; and the Texas HHSC supplemental food procurement (HHS0016792V2, bid due March 19, 2026) covering 210 line items for state hospitals and state-supported living centers statewide with a potential three-year value of $4.5 million. Fava beans do not appear as a named line item in any of the recent opportunities reviewed, suggesting the code sees limited direct activity or is tagged inconsistently relative to what institutional buyers actually source.