UNSPSC 50553661: Canned or jarred non GMO touriga nacional grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO touriga nacional 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 50553661 Canned or jarred non-GMO Touriga Nacional grapes is a Commodity code that, despite its specific taxonomy name, does not map to the work state and local governments are actually buying under recent opportunities. The recent state and local solicitations tagged to this code overwhelmingly procure shelf-stable canned and frozen food products for institutional food service—canned applesauce, canned proteins, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and broad commodity food baskets for schools, corrections facilities, veterans homes, and social services agencies. None of the opportunities name Touriga Nacional grapes or specify non-GMO status; the code's abstract specificity does not reflect the generalized institutional food procurement actually occurring in the field. The issuing bodies include county boards of education (Hancock County Schools in Georgia; Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Veterans Home, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), independent school districts (Austin ISD), county social services (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport). No single buyer appears repeatedly in the opportunities; instead, the activity is dispersed across state and local food service procurement.

Recent opportunities cluster geographically in the Southeast (Georgia, South Carolina, Connecticut) and West (Oregon, Texas, Illinois). Representative procurements include Gwinnett County's October 2026 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables (response due October 19, 2026); Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce delivered to Salem (bid due July 31, 2026 with a 10 percent combined preference for Oregon goods and bidders); and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB covering 210 line items of fresh, frozen, and dry food products and consumables for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (with a three-year contract potential value of $4.5 million). Buy American content requirements and domestic-preference provisions appear across education and health-services procurements. The code shows active institutional food procurement activity, but no recent opportunity aligns with the code's stated commodity specification; the mismatch suggests either tagging error or that non-GMO Touriga Nacional grapes represent a minimal or historical line item within broader food service buys that procurement offices are capturing under a more general commodity classification.