UNSPSC 50614121: Canned or jarred Non GMO sage

The variety of Non GMO herbs known as Non GMO sage 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 50614121 Canned or jarred Non GMO sage, a Commodity code, maps poorly to state and local procurement activity in the recent record. The code nominally describes a specific food ingredient—jarred or canned non-GMO sage—yet the nine recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code across Illinois, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri all solicit broad grocery, food service, and consumable supply contracts serving institutional kitchens (schools, correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers). None of the opportunities reference sage, herbs, or specialty ingredients as discrete line items; instead, they describe weekly or annual food orders encompassing hundreds of line items spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and supplies. The discrepancy suggests either miscoding at the source or that the code aggregates small-volume ingredient procurement within larger institutional food service buys, obscuring visibility into actual sage demand.

The issuing bodies span state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), large school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, Douglas County School System in Georgia), and state criminal justice and health authorities. Recent high-value opportunities include the Texas HHSC supplemental food and consumables contract for state hospitals and supported living centers (maximum potential value $4.5 million over three years, IFB HHS0016792V2, responses due March 19, 2026), the Douglas County School System food supply and distribution RFP with estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9 million (RFP 26-003, responses due February 18, 2026), the Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323, responses due April 27, 2026, with seven distribution kitchens and 45 schools across Virginia), and the Texas TDCJ cafeteria food products IFB covering approximately 382 line items across five geographic warehouse areas (IFB 304T-26-300CF, responses due May 4, 2026). Activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with additional solicitations from Illinois, Virginia, and Missouri. Given the code's nominal scope and the absence of herb-specific demand signals in recent opportunities, this code shows limited current relevance for vendors supplying non-GMO sage as a discrete product line.