UNSPSC 50552201: Canned or jarred non GMO bluecrop blueberries

The variety of non GMO blueberries known as non GMO bluecrop blueberries 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 50552201 Canned or jarred non-GMO bluecrop blueberries is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable canned and jarred blueberry products sourced by state and local institutions for food service operations. Recent state and local solicitations under this code show that government buyers purchase canned and jarred fruit products, including blueberries, as components of broader food procurement for correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, school nutrition programs, senior services, and institutional food service. The issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Gwinnett County in Georgia), city school districts (Austin Independent School District, City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and county administrative departments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Department of Community Services). These buyers typically procure canned fruit as one line item within much larger commodity food orders—applesauce, mixed fruits, and other shelf-stable proteins and vegetables—rather than blueberries in isolation, suggesting the code captures a narrow subset of institutional food purchasing.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (Solicitation S2910000016975 due June 2, 2026, and S2910000017453 due July 31, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission solicited supplemental food and consumables including canned fruit for state hospitals and supported living centers (IFB HHS0016792V2, due March 19, 2026; IFB HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice procured cafeteria food products across five geographic warehouse regions (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026), the State of Illinois sought weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal solicitations, due August 24, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia bid fresh produce including berries for the 2026-27 school year (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026), Gwinnett County requested shelf-stable food items for senior services (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education Nutrition Center solicited commodities including fruit and vegetable products (BNB053266, due June 26, 2026). While these solicitations capture canned and jarred fruit procurement broadly, the source material does not isolate activity specific to blueberries as a named line item in any recent opportunity.