UNSPSC 50614619: Canned or jarred Non GMO red boston lettuce

The variety of Non GMO lettuce known as Non GMO red boston lettuce 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 50614619 Canned or jarred Non GMO red boston lettuce is a Commodity code that frames a narrow product line — fresh-packed preserved lettuce — but state and local procurement activity under this code is minimal and does not align with actual recent buying patterns. The recent opportunities block returns no lettuce-specific solicitations; instead, the eight recent state and local contracts posted between May and October 2026 address broad food-service procurement for institutions including state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school districts, senior services, and hospitals. These solicitations source dozens or hundreds of line items spanning fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, grains, condiments, and food-service consumables. The institutional food buyers — Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia county school systems, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Oregon Department of Corrections, and others — do not isolate lettuce as a separate line-item procurement or treat it as a commodity purchase distinct from comprehensive food-service contracts. When canned vegetables appear in these solicitations (as in the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes in June 2026, or the Gwinnett County bid for shelf-stable foods in October 2026), they are bundled into larger competitive tenders alongside dozens of other staples, and specific varieties or Non-GMO designations are not emphasized in available documentation.

The geographic spread of recent activity centers on Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with additional activity in Illinois. Texas dominates with four separate HHSC and TDCJ procurement notices for supplemental and institutional food products. Georgia shows activity through three school district nutrition bids (Ben Hill County, Burke County, and Gwinnett County) in the May-October window. Oregon Department of Corrections posted one canned-goods tender (canned tomatoes, not lettuce) in June 2026. Illinois issued one quarterly food-order notice in June 2026. Given that no recent solicitation isolates canned or jarred red boston lettuce as a distinct purchase, and institutional buyers consistently aggregate lettuce — if procured at all — into broader food-service contracts, this Commodity code shows little direct relevance to the state and local procurement activity currently posted. Business development professionals should monitor broader food-service family codes or attend pre-bid conferences for large institutional food tenders to identify whether lettuce enters as a line item within those solicitations.