UNSPSC 50616827: Canned or jarred Non GMO gai choy

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO gai choy 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 50616827 Canned or jarred Non GMO gai choy is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable Asian vegetables in canned or jarred form for institutional food service. State and local procurement under this code primarily flows through health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, school districts, and state supported living centers seeking bulk consumable food products for canteens, cafeterias, and resident feeding programs. The work is narrow and specialized—vendors supply standardized packaged goods meeting USDA or FDA grading standards, HACCP compliance, and specification-driven procurement requirements. Issuing bodies are predominantly state agencies and county school systems; Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia school districts, and Ben Hill County Schools appear as recent repeat buyers. Geographic concentration is evident in Texas and Georgia, with material recent activity also in Oregon.

Recent opportunities show the code's actual deployment in broad food-service RFBs and IFBs rather than standalone gai choy procurements. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026) and IFB HHS0018082 for consumables for Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), both spanning 20–22 line items of prepared foods and supplies with annual usage in the single-digit to low-double-digit case range per item. The Oregon Department of Corrections solicited approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026) under similar delivery and USDA-grade requirements. Ben Hill County Schools sought comprehensive food procurement under IFB #26271 (due June 15, 2026) covering hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, and canned goods with Buy American requirements and quarterly pricing flexibility. The code shows little standalone activity; gai choy appears subsumed within larger commodity food buys rather than as a distinct procurement vehicle, and no recent solicitation explicitly named this Commodity code or its product in the source material.