UNSPSC 50551709: Canned or jarred non GMO lady finger banana

The variety of non GMO bananas known as non GMO lady finger banana 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 50551709 Canned or jarred non-GMO lady finger banana is a Commodity-tier code that captures shelf-stable fruit products purchased by state and local governments for food service operations, including school nutrition programs, state institutional facilities, and county social services. Recent solicitations under this code and closely related fruit-product lines show state and local buyers acquiring canned and jarred fruit, applesauce, and dried fruit products in bulk for cafeterias, correctional facilities, state hospitals, senior centers, and supported living centers. The issuing-body mix spans county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois), independent school districts (Austin Independent School District), county social services (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), and municipal education departments (City of Bridgeport Board of Education). School districts and state institutional food-service operations dominate recent activity, with multiple solicitations from Texas HHSC and Illinois state government for quarterly and annual food supply contracts.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and West, with notable activity in Georgia (Hancock County Schools, Gwinnett County, State of Georgia), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Austin ISD), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Illinois (Veterans Home at Quincy), and Connecticut (Bridgeport). Representative recent solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IFB PE77023NONST2027000000782 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items with delivery by December 7, 2026 (due October 19, 2026); the State of Illinois multiple weekly food orders for Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants, proposals due August 24, 2026); Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with five truckload deliveries and a 10% combined preference for Oregon-processed and Oregon-headquartered vendors (bids due July 31, 2026); and Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at El Paso State Supported Living Center covering 210 line items with a historical contract value of $1.5 million and bids due July 13, 2026. Geographic preferences for domestically sourced and local-vendor products appear regularly across jurisdictions, particularly under Buy American provisions in school nutrition procurements and state preferences in Oregon and Texas.