UNSPSC 50551539: Canned or jarred non GMO honeycrisp apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO honeycrisp apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation. 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 50551539 Canned or jarred non-GMO Honeycrisp apples, a Commodity code, sees limited direct recent activity, but state and local food service operations buy shelf-stable fresh and processed fruit products — including canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, and fresh apple varieties — as part of broader produce and food commodity procurements for school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, senior services, state-supported living centers, and public employee cafeterias. The issuing bodies are mixed: state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, State of Georgia), county boards of education and commissioners (Gwinnett County, Hancock County in Georgia), independent school districts (Austin ISD, Bridgeport Board of Education), and state agencies serving corrections, veterans, and social services. School districts and state corrections or health agencies dominate the recent solicitations, with repeat activity from Oregon Department of Corrections and Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy.

Recent opportunities show canned applesauce bids from Oregon Department of Corrections (ITB S-29100-00017453, July 31, 2026 close, 4,760 cases to Salem; ITB S2910000016975, June 2, 2026 close, 1,904 cases), a dried fruit and apple crisps RFP from Austin ISD (July 16, 2026 close), fresh produce including Honeycrisp apples from Hancock County Board of Education (IFB #SN002-2027, June 26, 2026 close, 200+ line items spanning multiple apple varieties for the 2026-27 school year), and broader food commodity procurements serving state hospitals and living centers in Texas (IFB HHS0017449, July 11, 2026 close; IFB HHS0016792v2, March 19, 2026 close, maximum contract value $4.5 million over three years). Activity concentrates in the South (Georgia, Texas) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary activity in Illinois and Connecticut. The Hancock County and Oregon Department of Corrections opportunities are most relevant to the code's nominal scope; pricing has historically ranged from $21.83 to $21.84 per case for canned applesauce and applesauce-adjacent products. Most solicitations allow brand-or-equal substitutions and emphasize domestic content compliance under Buy American provisions.