UNSPSC 50620000: Non GMO fresh vegetable purees

Non GMO vegetables which have been pureed by being ground, pressed, blended, and/or sieved to the consistency of a soft creamy paste or thick liquid. Non GMO vegetables have been grown 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 50620000 Non GMO fresh vegetable purees, a Family code, sees limited direct matching activity in state and local procurement; the recent opportunities tagged under this code instead reflect broader food service and nutrition procurement across multiple product categories, including fresh produce, canned and prepared foods, proteins, and dairy items. State and local governments buying under this code's nominal scope—vegetable purees specifically—do not surface in the recent opportunities block. Instead, the tagged solicitations show school districts, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, and state veterans homes procuring general food inventory for nutrition programs and institutional foodservice, with canned vegetables, fresh produce, and prepared entrees dominating actual line items and dollars rather than puree products in any concentrated way.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Burke County Public Schools, Liberty County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Rockwood R-VI School District, Ben Hill County Schools, Muscogee County School District), state corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Veterans Home), and regional buying cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative serving 30 Georgia school districts). Geographic concentration appears in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, and Missouri, with school nutrition procurement dominating activity. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC procurement (HHS0017449) for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026, under IFB with a historical monthly value of $1.5 million; Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 solicitation (IFB 2000004323) for supply to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens with bids due April 27, 2026; and the Oregon Department of Corrections canned tomato solicitation (S2910000017145) for approximately 7,616 cases with bids due June 19, 2026. The code's nominal scope—fresh vegetable purees—shows no concentrated procurement signal in the recent record; the tagged opportunities reflect agencies tagging general food and nutrition procurement to a code that does not capture the actual work being bought.