UNSPSC 50553804: Canned or jarred non GMO mountain huckleberries

The variety of non GMO huckleberries known as non GMO mountain huckleberries 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 50553804 Canned or jarred non-GMO mountain huckleberries, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity; the posted opportunities tagged to this code involve generic shelf-stable food procurement (canned applesauce, fresh produce, cafeteria proteins, school nutrition items) that do not specifically call for mountain huckleberries or specialty berries at all. The nine recent solicitations in the source—spanning county departments, state departments, school districts, and corrections agencies from Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut—are buying broad-based food-service commodities under general food-supply contracts, none of which name huckleberries as a line item or scope element. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual recent activity suggests this UNSPSC category sees little or no targeted procurement in state and local markets right now.

The issuing bodies in the dataset are a mix of county purchasing (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Hancock County Board of Education), state agencies (Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), cities (Bridgeport), and independent school districts (Austin ISD), all procuring food under standard IFB, RFQ, RFP, and ITB notice types with response dates clustered between May and October 2026. Oregon Department of Corrections and Illinois posted multiple food orders for canned fruit and weekly institutional food supplies; Texas HHSC and Bridgeport Board of Education are pursuing large multi-line-item commodity contracts valued at up to $4.5 million over three years. Geographic spread covers the Southeast (Georgia, Connecticut), Midwest (Illinois), Southwest (Texas), and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with no standout regional concentration. Since the code is not appearing in actual recent procurement, a firm pursuing mountain huckleberries should verify whether state and local buyers are encoding specialty produce under alternative UNSPSC codes or whether demand for this product class remains too niche for regular institutional procurement solicitation.