UNSPSC 50616821: Canned or jarred Non GMO dandelions

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO dandelions 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 50616821 Canned or jarred Non GMO dandelions is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single packaged-food product line, but recent state and local procurement activity shows little or no substantive solicitation directly matching this code's scope. The most recently posted opportunities tagged to this code span food service contracting across school districts, correctional facilities, and state health agencies, but none of the representative solicitations—including the Illinois Veterans Home quarterly food order (RFQ), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission supplemental food procurement (IFB), the Oregon Department of Corrections canned-tomato purchase (ITB), and multiple school-district grocery and produce bids—name dandelions or dandelion products as line items. The code appears to be a catch-all tagging artifact rather than a category reflecting current procurement demand.

Recent activity under this code originates from state departments (Illinois, Texas, Oregon), county school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia; Muscogee County Schools in Georgia; Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri; Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Liberty County Board of Education in Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia; Burke County Public Schools in Georgia; Douglas County School System in Georgia), and correctional and health agencies (Texas HHSC, Oregon DOC). Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia and Texas, with secondary activity in Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. The actual goods being procured—canned and frozen vegetables, proteins, dairy, condiments, and prepared foods for meal programs—do not align with the code's stated commodity. Unless dandelion-specific sourcing emerges in future solicitations, firms evaluating pursuit should treat this code as inactive for direct commercial opportunity.