UNSPSC 50613003: Canned or jarred Non GMO chinese flowering cabbage

The variety of Non GMO chinese cabbage known as Non GMO chinese flowering cabbage that has 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 50613003 Canned or jarred Non GMO chinese flowering cabbage is a Commodity code that in practice encompasses a narrow slice of the broader shelf-stable vegetable procurement activity state and local governments conduct. The recent opportunities in the dataset show that state and local issuers rarely solicit this specific product in isolation; instead, canned and jarred vegetables—including Chinese flowering cabbage—appear as individual line items within much larger food-service RFPs and IFBs aimed at institutional feeding operations (state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school districts, county senior services). State and local governments soliciting under this code include state health and human services departments, county boards of commissioners, school districts, state correctional agencies, and state-supported institutional living centers. The work itself involves supplying small-to-moderate quantities of canned or jarred prepared vegetables as part of comprehensive food-service contracts; the code sees activity from Texas (via HHSC multiple times), Georgia (county and school district level), and Oregon (Department of Corrections).

Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for Food and Consumable Products for HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), which encompassed 210 line items of fresh, frozen, dry, and refrigerated products including canned vegetables; the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for Cafeteria Food Products (due May 4, 2026, extended from April 21), covering approximately 382 line items for warehouse distribution across five Texas regions with canned vegetables specified; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' procurement for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026). The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 (due October 19, 2026) requested informal written quotes for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services. These solicitations typically evaluate on lowest responsive and responsible bid, require F.O.B. Destination pricing with freight prepaid, demand three verifiable references and company qualifications, and impose delivery timeframes of seven days or less from order receipt. No single jurisdiction dominates; activity remains scattered across state-level institutional feeding (corrections, mental health, supported living) and county or school-district nutrition programs in the South and Pacific Northwest.