UNSPSC 50611913: Canned or jarred Non GMO detroit 2 little ball beets

The variety of Non GMO beets known as Non GMO detroit 2 little ball 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 50611913 Canned or jarred Non GMO Detroit 2 Little Ball Beets is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single preserved vegetable product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code show minimal alignment with that narrow scope. The code sees solicitation activity focused broadly on food and consumable products for state institutions, school districts, and correctional facilities rather than on beets or Non-GMO specifications. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia and Texas school districts, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have posted IFBs and IWQs for multi-line-item food procurement covering prepared foods, proteins, dairy, canned vegetables, and food service supplies. The issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, state correctional systems, county boards of education, and independent school districts. Work solicited ranges from canteen and campus food service at state-supported living centers to comprehensive school nutrition programs supplying five to seven schools, and correctional facility cafeteria operations across multiple warehouse distribution points.

Activity under this code concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with recent opportunities posted between May and October 2026. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (response due October 23, 2026) covering 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including peanut butter, canned proteins, and vegetables (response due October 19, 2026); and the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better (response due June 19, 2026). Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 sought comprehensive food procurement across multiple product categories for four schools with response due June 15, 2026, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF solicited approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products for warehouse distribution across five geographic areas (response due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21). The code shows active but misaligned tagging—few opportunities specify beets or Non-GMO requirements, indicating that buyers or procurement systems are using this commodity code as a catch-all for general food and consumable procurement rather than for the specific product it nominally describes.