UNSPSC 50611911: Canned or jarred Non GMO d'egypte beets

The variety of Non GMO beets known as Non GMO d'egypte beets 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 50611911 Canned or jarred Non GMO d'egypte beets, a Commodity code, sees limited recent state and local procurement activity centered on institution-scale food service supply. State and local governments buy canned and jarred vegetables — including beets and a broad range of other preserved produce — as staple items for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and veteran homes, where they supply institutional cafeterias and food service operations serving hundreds or thousands of meals daily. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts, state departments managing health and human services or corrections, and state veterans' facilities across multiple regions.

Recent opportunities under this code and related preserved-food categories show activity concentrated in Georgia (multiple school districts including Ben Hill County Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission for state-supported living centers and state hospitals, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home), and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District). Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with historical value of $1.5 million annually), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016089 for approximately 1,904 cases of tomato paste (due March 9, 2026), and the Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for comprehensive food products including canned vegetables across four school locations (due June 15, 2026). Most recent school district solicitations emphasize firm pricing for 12-month contract periods, compliance with Buy American Act requirements for domestic agricultural content, USDA grading standards, and delivery to multiple school sites on weekly or fixed schedules, with contract values ranging from several hundred thousand to nine million dollars annually depending on student enrollment and facility scope.