UNSPSC 50613910: Canned or jarred Non GMO tinda gourds

The variety of Non GMO gourds known as Non GMO tinda gourds 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 50613910 Canned or jarred Non GMO tinda gourds is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line with negligible recent state and local procurement activity. The code itself is specific to preserved tinda gourds (a legume vegetable), yet the recent-opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting tinda gourds or any close variant. The most recent state and local contracts posting under this code span food service procurement at institutional facilities—including state health and human services agencies, school districts, county governments, and correctional departments—but those opportunities focus on shelf-stable canned and jarred food products in the broader categories of proteins, vegetables, condiments, and supplies rather than on the specialized tinda gourd product the code nominally covers.

The geographic spread of food procurement activity in the recent-opportunities block spans Texas (including HHSC's El Paso and Lufkin State Supported Living Centers and TDCJ cafeteria products), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the State of Georgia), Oregon (Department of Corrections canned tomato procurement), and Illinois (quarterly food order for IVHQ). The representative recent 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), Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 for shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins (response due October 19, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (response due June 19, 2026, with previous contract award at $13.75 per case). State and local jurisdictions buying under codes in this family are primarily institutional food service operations—state hospitals, living centers, correctional facilities, and school nutrition programs—that procure commodity food products in volume. No solicitations in the recent-opportunities block explicitly reference tinda gourds, and the code shows little apparent relevance to current state and local demand.