UNSPSC 50551603: Canned or jarred non GMO brittany gold apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO birttany gold apricots 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 50551603 Canned or jarred non-GMO Brittany Gold apricots is a Commodity code that covers preserved stone fruits supplied to institutional food service operations including school districts, county human services agencies, state departments of corrections and health services, and municipal nutrition programs. State and local governments procure canned and jarred apricots as components of broader institutional food supply contracts rather than as standalone line items; the recent solicitations reflect this reality by embedding apricot purchases within larger produce, commodity, or food-service buys spanning dozens or hundreds of line items. Issuing bodies under this code include county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), state corrections and health departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois), county social services (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), municipal school nutrition operations (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and state human services facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy). The mix skews toward state procurement offices and school districts, with occasional county purchasing activity.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Connecticut), Texas, the Midwest (Illinois), and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon). Representative recent solicitations include Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year (due June 26, 2026), which encompassed over 200 fresh and processed line items delivered to three school sites across Georgia; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026) to its Central Distribution Center in Salem, with a historical award price of $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products serving the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026), which carried a historical monetary value of $1.5 million for the prior fiscal year. When apricots are specifically named, they appear as one line item among many in mixed commodity procurements rather than as dedicated apricot-only solicitations. Most recent opportunities cite brand-or-equal specifications, Buy American provisions (domestic content floors of 51 percent for processed products under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act), and firm fixed pricing for contract terms ranging from one to three fiscal years.