UNSPSC 50625400: Non GMO pepper purees

The type of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO peppers. 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 50625400 Non GMO pepper purees, a Class code, does not map to the recent state and local solicitation activity tagged under it. The UNSPSC title names a specific processed-food ingredient, but the recent opportunities block contains no requests for pepper purees, GMO or otherwise. Instead, the records show procurement of broad consumable-food categories—prepared entrees, frozen vegetables, canned goods, dairy, proteins, condiments, and food-service supplies—solicited by state health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, school nutrition programs, and county social-service departments. The mismatch between the narrow code definition and the actual scope of the tagged opportunities suggests either a cataloging error or that vendors responding to this code should expect to compete on broader food-supply contracts rather than on pepper-puree line items specifically.

The recent opportunities originate from Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Gwinnett County (Georgia), Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), the State of Illinois, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, with activity concentrated in Texas and Georgia. Texas HHS has posted multiple IFBs since May 2026—HHS0016792v2 for supplemental food and consumables with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years, HHS0017449 for El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million, HHS0017872 for Lufkin State Supported Living Center, and HHS0018082 with bids due October 23, 2026—alongside a May 2026 Texas TDCJ cafeteria food procurement covering five distribution points with approximately 382 line items. Georgia school districts have issued multiple food-bid solicitations (Ben Hill County due June 15, 2026; Burke County due June 5, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections solicited 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes with a prior-purchase reference price of $13.75 per case. No representation of this code's activity appears in recent state and local contracting, making it an inactive or misclassified code for procurement purposes.