UNSPSC 50613241: Canned or jarred Non GMO nk-199 corn

The variety of Non GMO corn known as Non GMO nk-199 corn 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 50613241 Canned or jarred non-GMO nk-199 corn is a Commodity code representing a single food product line that state and local governments procure as part of larger food service and nutrition supply chains for institutional feeding operations, including schools, correctional facilities, health and human services agencies, and veterans' homes. Recent state and local solicitations show active procurement across multiple issuing bodies — school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, and state veterans' homes — all of which bundle canned corn within broader food supply contracts spanning dozens or hundreds of line items rather than soliciting corn as a standalone item. The code reflects ingredient-level commodity buying integrated into weekly or annual food orders; state and local entities rarely issue RFQs or IFBs for a single canned-vegetable SKU, instead using codes like this to classify items within composite food procurement notices.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans multiple regions, with school districts in Georgia (Burke County, Muscogee County, Liberty County, Savannah-Chatham), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County), and Oregon, alongside state-level buyers including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, and Ben Hill County Schools. Representative recent solicitations include the Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (Solicitation CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, IFB due April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items with canned goods among them, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products bid for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, IFB due July 13, 2026) covering multiple food categories including canned goods, and the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) supplying 45 schools plus distribution kitchens with comprehensive food product lines. Canned vegetables, including corn, appear consistently within these composite school nutrition, corrections, and state healthcare facility food contracts, typically required to meet USDA grade standards, Buy American provisions where applicable, nutritional specifications such as low-sodium formulations, and fixed-price firm contracts with periodic price-adjustment mechanisms tied to USDA or Consumer Price Index reporting. Activity is steady across school-year cycles (contracts typically July-June) and institutional feeding operations nationwide, with no single region dominating solicitation volume.