UNSPSC 50554437: Canned or jarred non GMO sampson tangelo oranges

The variety of non GMO mandarin oranges and tangerines known as non GMO sampson tangelo oranges 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 50554437 Canned or jarred non-GMO Sampson tangelo oranges is a Commodity code that captures state and local purchases of shelf-stable fruit products for institutional food service—though the recent opportunities block shows little activity explicitly tagged to this narrow specification. Instead, the code's recent posting activity reflects broader fresh and preserved fruit procurement across school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, senior services, veterans' homes, and state health agencies. The actual buying encompasses canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce including citrus, and mixed shelf-stable food items as components of larger food-service contracts rather than standalone Sampson tangelo-orange purchases. Issuing bodies span school districts (Austin ISD, Hancock County Board of Education, City of Bridgeport Board of Education), state corrections and health departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), and state veterans' homes (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy). The code shows activity primarily in institutional settings where food procurement is tagged by commodity line item rather than by specific fruit variety.

Recent opportunities are concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut. Representative recent solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 (informal written quotes, due October 19, 2026, for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins delivered to the Senior Services Center), Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 (formal invitation to bid, due July 31, 2026, for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce in five truckloads to the Central Distribution Center in Salem with a historical price of $21.84 per case and 5 percent Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preferences), Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (bids due July 13, 2026, for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million), and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 (sealed bids due June 26, 2026, for over 200 line items of fresh produce spanning multiple apple, berry, and specialty-fruit varieties under Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content). The code shows limited volume at this specificity level; most activity clusters around multi-item food-service contracts in which individual fruit or produce lines are components rather than standalone procurements.