UNSPSC 50555416: Canned or jarred non GMO early pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO early pears 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 50555416 Canned or jarred non-GMO early pears is a Commodity code covering shelf-stable pear products procured by state agencies, county governments, school districts, and state-supported facilities for food service and nutrition programs. State and local governments buy canned pears under this code as part of broader food-supply contracts for correctional facilities, veterans' homes, state-supported living centers, school lunch programs, senior services, and board-of-education nutrition centers. The work involves responding to competitive bids and proposals for sealed, shelf-stable pear inventory delivered to central distribution points or facility receiving areas, often as line items within larger food commodities solicitations rather than standalone pear-only contracts. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and health and human services, state veterans' homes, county boards of education, city school nutrition programs, and county senior services departments. Recent opportunities show pears and similar canned fruit products solicited alongside dozens of other shelf-stable and fresh food items in multi-category food-supply contracts where pears may represent one of 35 to 210 line items.

Recent activity spans multiple states with concentrated solicitation from Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Oregon, and Connecticut. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two ITBs for canned applesauce (a closely related commodity) in May and July 2026 with responses due June 2 and July 31, respectively, applying a combined 10 percent state-of-origin and resident-bidder preference. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office posted quarterly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants) with responses due June 17 and August 24, 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a statewide IFB for supplemental food and consumables serving state hospitals and supported living centers with a March 19, 2026 deadline and an estimated maximum value of $4,500,000 over three years. Gwinnett County (Georgia) requested informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins and vegetables for senior services, due October 19, 2026. The City of Bridgeport (Connecticut) and Hancock County Schools (Georgia) posted commodity and fresh-produce bids in June 2026, both subject to Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content. No recent opportunities are tagged exclusively to canned non-GMO pears; the code sees activity only as a subset within larger multi-category food solicitations where pear specifications, if present, typically permit brand substitution with "or approved equivalent" language and firm fixed unit pricing evaluated per ounce or case.