UNSPSC 50621815: Non GMO castor bean purees

The variety of Non GMO beans known as Non GMO castor beans. 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 50621815 Non GMO castor bean purees is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's abstract name suggests a specialized food ingredient — non-GMO castor bean products — yet the recent opportunities posted under or near this classification cover broad institutional food service procurement: prepared foods, shelf-stable staples (canned proteins, vegetables, rice, pasta), fresh and frozen produce, dairy, bread, and consumable food-service supplies. The sourced opportunities show no purchases of castor bean purees, non-GMO or otherwise, from state agencies, counties, school districts, or other issuing bodies. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the work actually being bought suggests either that castor bean purees are rarely or never procured through state and local channels, or that when acquired, they are coded differently by the buying jurisdictions.

The recent opportunities on file instead reflect routine institutional food service for state health and human services facilities, state correctional institutions, public school nutrition programs, and county senior services centers. Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have issued multiple IFBs for cafeteria and consumable food products; Georgia counties and school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners) have posted food bids; Oregon Department of Corrections sought canned tomatoes; and the State of Illinois solicited quarterly food orders. These opportunities cluster in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon through mid-October 2026, but they address commodity staples and prepared foods at scale, not specialty bean purees. No representative recent opportunity under UNSPSC 50621815 itself exists in the source material.