UNSPSC 50616319: Canned or jarred Non GMO redglow sweet potatoes

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO redglow 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 50616319 Canned or jarred Non GMO redglow sweet potatoes is a Commodity code that captures institutional food procurement for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and health and human services agencies. State and local governments buying under this code are purchasing shelf-stable canned vegetables, primarily sweet potatoes and related canned produce, as line items within larger food-service supply contracts that serve multiple end-users across residential and institutional campuses. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services commissions and departments of corrections, county boards of commissioners operating social services and senior nutrition programs, and independent school districts operating nutrition programs for multiple school sites. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears as a repeat buyer, having posted multiple food and consumable solicitations serving state supported living centers at Lufkin and El Paso; similarly, Georgia school districts including Burke County Public Schools and Ben Hill County Schools have posted comprehensive school nutrition food bids that include canned vegetable line items. Oregon Department of Corrections and Texas Department of Criminal Justice represent correctional food-service procurement, while Gwinnett County and other Georgia counties solicit canned vegetables as part of social services food distributions.

The code sees the most recent activity in Texas and Georgia. Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (22 line items, bids due October 23, 2026) and HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center (historical annual spend of $1.5 million, bids due July 11, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools IFB for school nutrition with hundreds of line items across produce categories (bids due June 15, 2026), Burke County Public Schools sealed-bid food procurement spanning nearly 400 line items for five schools (bids due June 5, 2026), Gwinnett County IWQ 140229 for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food including canned vegetables for the Department of Community Services (informal written quotes due October 19, 2026), and Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (USDA Grade B or better, bids due June 19, 2026). Contracts typically run for one to three years with renewal options, require FOB Destination delivery within seven days to thirty days of order receipt, mandate compliance with USDA and FDA standards, and award to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder or best-value selection.