UNSPSC 50551705: Canned or jarred non GMO dominico bananas

The variety of non GMO bananas known as non GMO dominico bananas 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 50551705 Canned or jarred non-GMO Dominico bananas, a Commodity code, describes shelf-stable fruit products—primarily canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, and related preserved fruit items—solicited by state and local food-service procurement offices. State and local governments use this code to source inventory for institutional food service operations including schools, correctional facilities, senior nutrition programs, and health and human services facilities. The mix of issuing bodies reflects the breadth of public food-service demand: county boards of education and school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Austin Independent School District, Bridgeport Board of Education), state agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), county nutrition and senior programs (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), and municipal departments (City of Bridgeport). These jurisdictions solicit regularly under the code, with multiple opportunities from the same issuers visible in the recent record—the State of Illinois and Oregon Department of Corrections each appearing twice within the past four months.

Recent activity concentrates in the South and West. Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (May and July 2026, both due by early July). Georgia, Texas, and Illinois together account for seven of the thirteen recorded opportunities, with procurement offices in those states issuing food-service bids throughout May through October 2026. Hancock County (Georgia) sought fresh produce and dried items (IFB due June 26, 2026); the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut posted a commodities IFB (due June 26, 2026) covering eggs, poultry, cheese, and fruit and vegetable products; and Gwinnett County (Georgia) requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables (IWQ due October 19, 2026). Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued two large-scope food and consumables solicitations (March 2026 and June 2026, with contract values projected at $1.5 million and up to $4.5 million respectively), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Comptroller issued an IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across five geographic distribution points (IFB due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum). The code shows steady activity but limited explicit references to the nominal product (canned Dominico bananas); most recent solicitations specify applesauce, dried fruit, fresh produce, and broader food-commodity categories rather than bananas specifically, suggesting the code captures a broader institutional fruit procurement family.