UNSPSC 50616301: Canned or jarred Non GMO beauregard sweet potatoes

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO beauregard sweet potatoes 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 50616301 Canned or jarred Non GMO beauregard sweet potatoes is a Commodity code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable canned and jarred sweet potato products for food service operations. Recent solicitations show state and local agencies buying canned sweet potatoes as part of broader consumable food acquisitions for institutional cafeterias, state supported living centers, correctional facilities, and school nutrition programs. The code sees activity primarily from state health and human services agencies managing state supported living centers and state hospitals, county and municipal school districts purchasing for child nutrition programs, state corrections departments, and county or regional senior services programs. These jurisdictions typically procure canned or jarred sweet potatoes as one line item within larger multi-category food supply contracts spanning proteins, vegetables, dairy, grains, and food service consumables rather than as standalone commodity purchases.

The geographic spread of recent activity centers on Texas and Georgia, with ancillary solicitations from Oregon and Illinois. Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued multiple IFBs in 2026 for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, including IFB HHS0016792v2 (posted May 19, 2026; bid due March 19, 2026; up to $4.5 million over three years) and HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (posted June 11, 2026; due July 13, 2026; prior-period value $1.5 million). Georgia school districts including Burke County Public Schools (posted May 11, 2026; due June 5, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools (posted May 19, 2026; due June 15, 2026) solicited comprehensive school food bids covering hundreds of line items with full-year contract terms. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Comptroller's office issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products to TDCJ warehouses across five geographic areas (posted May 4, 2026; due May 4, 2026; extendable through August 31, 2029). Canned sweet potatoes typically appear as one of dozens to hundreds of food line items in these institutional purchases, priced per case or per unit with delivery within 7 days to 30 days of order receipt and FOB Destination terms.