UNSPSC 50626220: Non GMO yellow jersey sweet potato purees

The variety of Non GMO sweet potatoes known as Non GMO yellow jersey sweet potatoes. 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 50626220 Non GMO yellow jersey sweet potato purees is a Commodity code that addresses specialty prepared vegetable products for institutional food service, though recent state and local activity under this code shows minimal direct solicitation for sweet potato purees specifically. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code reflect much broader food-service procurement—primarily institutional cafeteria and canteen supply contracts that include prepared and frozen vegetable products, canned goods, and fresh produce alongside proteins, dairy, and dry goods. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments, state supported living centers, county school districts, and correctional departments. Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears repeatedly as a buyer, particularly for state supported living centers and state hospitals, alongside school nutrition programs in Georgia and food-service supply for state correctional facilities. These buyers procure on volumes ranging from dozens to hundreds of line items annually, with contracts often spanning fiscal years and carrying renewal or extension options.

Geographic activity clusters in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with substantial recent activity in Texas driven by HHSC's multiple ongoing solicitations for institutional food service across state hospitals and supported living centers. Oregon Department of Corrections and various Georgia school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and Gwinnett County) round out the regional distribution. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (bids due October 23, 2026), which encompasses 22 line items of prepared foods and food-service supplies; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for the Department of Community Services (quotes due October 19, 2026); and Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for school nutrition food products with bids due June 15, 2026. The Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for canned tomatoes (7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026) and Texas TDCJ's IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products across five geographic areas (due May 4, 2026) illustrate the scale and complexity of these institutional procurements. None of the recent opportunities explicitly solicited non-GMO yellow jersey sweet potato purees as a standalone line item.