UNSPSC 50625701: Non GMO agar-agar purees

The variety of Non GMO sea vegetables known as Non GMO agar-agar. 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 50625701 Non GMO agar-agar purees is a Commodity code that does not correspond to the state and local procurement activity presently being solicited under it. The recent opportunities posted to the code span shelf-stable and prepared food products for institutional food service — frozen proteins, canned vegetables, condiments, dairy items, and consumable supplies for state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, schools, and senior services — but none name agar-agar purees or gelatin products as line items. The issuing bodies are uniformly institutional food-service purchasers: state health and human services commissions, state correctional departments, school districts, and county departments of community services. The work involves competitive bidding on hundreds of line items per solicitation, with delivery to multiple facilities, firm fixed pricing, USDA standards compliance, and stringent food-safety and vendor-performance documentation requirements.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have posted multiple solicitations for comprehensive food and consumables procurement spanning January through October 2026, with response deadlines from March through October 2026 and contract values ranging from approximately $1.5 million to $4.5 million over multi-year terms. Georgia activity includes school district food bids from Ben Hill County Schools (due June 15, 2026), Burke County Public Schools (due June 5, 2026), and Gwinnett County informal written quotes for food items (due October 19, 2026). Oregon Department of Corrections posted a canned-tomato procurement (due June 19, 2026) and an unspecified potato variety solicitation (due July 27, 2026). Illinois and other states appear in the dataset but with minimal detail. The code shows no recent solicitations for agar-agar purees or gelatin-based products; the code assignment to these institutional food-service opportunities appears to be a tagging mismatch in the source system.