UNSPSC 50553436: Canned or jarred non GMO fantasy seedless grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO fantasy seedless grapes 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 50553436 Canned or jarred non-GMO fantasy seedless grapes is a Commodity code that in practice encompasses shelf-stable processed fruit products and canned or jarred fresh produce for institutional food service, not the narrow code name alone. State and local purchasing offices solicit this code primarily through counties, school districts, state departments, and state-supported living facilities for stocking cafeterias, nutrition centers, senior services, correctional facilities, and health and human services operations. The work solicited ranges from single-item procurements of canned applesauce or dried fruit bars to broad multi-line food and consumable product buys where canned or jarred fruit items are bundled with proteins, vegetables, condiments, and kitchen supplies. Issuing bodies include county boards of education and county purchasing offices, state health and human services commissions, state departments of corrections, city boards of education, independent school districts, and state agencies managing veterans' homes and state-supported living centers. Purchasing is typically conducted through IFB, RFQ, or RFP mechanisms with firm fixed pricing quoted on a per-unit basis and delivery terms specified as FOB Destination with prepaid freight.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned fruit applesauce on multiple occasions (ITB S-29100-00017453, posted July 10, 2026, and ITB S2910000016975, posted May 18, 2026), each requesting approximately 2,000 cases with a historical award price near $21.82 per case and a 10 percent combined preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued broad food and consumable product solicitations spanning 210 line items for state hospitals and state-supported living centers statewide, with a maximum three-year potential value of $4.5 million (IFB HHS0016792V2, posted May 19, 2026). Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia requested informal quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables under IWQ 140229 (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026). The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases solicited commodities for the Board of Education Nutrition Center across 115 line items with delivery to a central nutrition center (BNB053266, posted June 2, 2026). Austin Independent School District solicited dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service delivery to a central warehouse under RFP 27RFP004 (posted June 26, 2026). The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office has repeatedly solicited weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy on both brand-specific and brand-or-equal bases across multiple fiscal quarters (posted June 12, 2026, and August 19, 2026). Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for the 2026-27 school year (posted June 10, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed products appear in Georgia, Connecticut, and Texas school district and state agency solicitations.