UNSPSC 50553493: Canned or jarred non GMO tokay/pinot gris grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO tokay/pinot gris 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 50553493 Canned or jarred non-GMO tokay/pinot gris grapes (Commodity) describes specialty preserved grape products that state and local governments buy primarily through bulk food service procurement for institutional nutrition programs, though recent opportunities show the code capturing a much broader range of shelf-stable food items beyond the nominal scope. State and local food service operations—county boards of education, state departments serving corrections and veterans' facilities, state health and human services commissions, and city school nutrition centers—solicit under this code when purchasing packaged food commodities for cafeteria, senior services, state hospital, and state-supported living center operations. The issuing bodies span school districts, state corrections and health agencies, county boards of education and commissioners, and city education departments, with repeat buyers including the State of Illinois (multiple quarterly procurements for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), the State of Oregon Department of Corrections (recurring canned fruit applesauce bids), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (statewide food and consumables for state hospitals and supported living centers), and state departments of corrections across multiple states.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut. Representative opportunities include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' October 2026 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, canned vegetables) with a response deadline of October 19, 2026; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's August 2026 weekly food order solicitation for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy on both brand-specific and brand-or-equal bases; the Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (delivered in five truckloads to Salem) with a historical award price of $21.84 per case; Austin Independent School District's July 2026 RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with an estimated prior-period value of $1.5 million and a contract term running September 2026 through August 2027 with one renewal option. The code shows consistent activity across institutional food service procurement nationwide, though the recent opportunities diverge significantly from the specialty-grape commodity name, instead capturing general shelf-stable food, fresh produce, and frozen specialty foods for mass institutional feeding.