UNSPSC 50625004: Non GMO dwarf green long pod okra purees

The variety of Non GMO okra known as Non GMO dwarf green long pod okra. 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 50625004 Non GMO dwarf green long pod okra purees is a Commodity code that nominally describes a narrow food product line, but the recent state and local opportunities do not include solicitations for okra purees—whether GMO-status-controlled or otherwise. Instead, the code appears in a dataset alongside broadly scoped food-service procurement for institutional dining, with opportunities spanning fresh produce, frozen items, proteins, dairy, canned goods, condiments, dry staples, kitchen supplies, and food service consumables. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments, county school districts, and state corrections and health-services agencies. Recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and state supported living centers statewide (HHS0016792V2, response due March 19, 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026); the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' IFB for cafeteria food products serving Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouse locations (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026); and multiple school district RFBs including Burke County Public Schools (PE55037NONST2027000000007, due June 5, 2026) and Ben Hill County Schools (PE61000NONST2027000000006, due June 15, 2026).

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Comptroller have issued multiple solicitations since May 2026 for state facility food service. Georgia jurisdictions—Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), Burke County Public Schools, and Ben Hill County Schools—have posted school nutrition and county services food bids. Oregon Department of Corrections solicited canned tomatoes in June 2026, and the State of Illinois issued a quarterly food-order bid (27497DVAQUINCB52821, due June 26, 2026). The code does not report dedicated okra-puree procurement activity; the mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests either data-entry error at the source jurisdiction level or that this Commodity code is routinely misapplied to broader food-service categories.