UNSPSC 50613514: Canned or jarred Non GMO ova eggplants

The variety of Non GMO eggplants known as Non GMO ova eggplants 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 50613514 Canned or jarred Non-GMO ova eggplants, a Commodity code, sees limited recent activity in state and local procurement. The code's abstract specification—preserved eggplant products meeting Non-GMO standards—does not align with the actual work being solicited under it. Recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code instead focus on broad food service provisioning: canned tomatoes, fresh produce, dairy products, proteins, condiments, and general grocery items across school nutrition programs, institutional food service for correctional facilities and state-supported living centers, and state employee cafeterias. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Douglas County School System), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Veterans Home, Georgia Department of State, and state purchasing divisions in Texas and Illinois), and specialized nutrition programs within those jurisdictions. The scope reflects institutional food procurement at volume—hundreds to thousands of line items per solicitation—with emphasis on USDA compliance, Buy American provisions, nutritional standards (whole grain, low-sodium, reduced-fat options), and delivery to distributed school and facility locations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with the heaviest recent posting volume in Georgia school districts and Texas institutional facilities. Representative recent 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 prior period value of $1.5 million), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (approximately 7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for comprehensive school nutrition food across four schools (due June 15, 2026, with Buy American requirements), and Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for a Master Grocery K-12 term contract serving 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026, with firm pricing and nine-month minimum shelf life requirements). The code itself carries no decision signal—it appears to be a classification mismatch rather than an active procurement category for eggplant products specifically.