UNSPSC 50616300: Canned or jarred Non GMO sweet potatoes

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO sweet potatoes 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 50616300 Canned or jarred Non GMO sweet potatoes is a Class code covering shelf-stable preserved sweet potatoes sourced by state and local institutions for food service operations. Recent solicitations show state health and human services agencies, county and municipal purchasing offices, school districts, and correctional agencies procuring canned or jarred vegetables—including sweet potatoes—as components of broader food-service consumables contracts rather than as standalone line items. The work encompasses purchasing preserved vegetables for institutional cafeterias, canteens, kitchens, and dining facilities serving residents, students, inmates, and employees. Issuing bodies span state supported living centers, county senior services, school nutrition programs, state-supported correctional facilities, and state health services departments. Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, and Burke County Public Schools appear as repeat institutional food-service procurers in the recent record.

Geographic concentration leans heavily toward Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple competitive solicitations in 2026 for consumable foods and kitchen items at Lufkin and El Paso State Supported Living Centers (IFB HHS0018082 due October 23, 2026, and IFB HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026). Georgia school districts—Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools—solicited comprehensive school nutrition food bids under IFB format in May and June 2026 with response dates of June 15 and June 5, 2026 respectively. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners requested informal written quotes for food items including canned vegetables under IWQ 140229 (response due October 19, 2026). Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes in June 2026 (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026). The code shows active procurement across institutional food service but does not isolate sweet potatoes as a separately tracked commodity—recent opportunities list preserved sweet potatoes as one line item within multi-hundred-item institutional food baskets priced on unit or case basis with delivery to facility receiving points and F.O.B. Destination freight terms.