UNSPSC 50552509: Canned or jarred non GMO garnet cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO garnet cherries 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 50552509 Canned or jarred non-GMO garnet cherries is a Commodity code representing a narrow product line that state and local governments rarely procure directly. The recent opportunities associated with this code show minimal relevant activity; the dataset instead reflects broader fruit and food service procurement at multiple jurisdictions using more general classifications. The Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple school districts (Austin ISD, Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, Hancock County Schools, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Liberty County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Rockwood R-VI Schools, and others) and state agencies have posted solicitations for canned or frozen fruit products, fresh produce, and comprehensive food service supply, but none of the recent posted opportunities explicitly call for garnet cherries by name or specification. The most directly relevant opportunities involve canned fruit procurement—the Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026) and earlier ITB S-2910000016975 for canned applesauce (due June 2, 2026)—but these target applesauce rather than cherries, indicating a mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual state and local purchasing patterns in the recent record.

Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia school districts, Texas state agencies) and the Pacific Northwest (Oregon Department of Corrections), with school nutrition programs and state health and corrections facilities as primary buying entities. However, the absence of any recent solicitation explicitly naming canned or jarred garnet cherries—or even garnet cherries as a line item within broader fruit buys—signals that this Commodity code does not reflect meaningful procurement activity at state or local level in the current market. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive for near-term pursuit; the broader canned fruit and fresh produce categories under parent Family codes capture the actual demand these jurisdictions are expressing.