UNSPSC 50555436: Canned or jarred non GMO perry pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO perry 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 50555436 Canned or jarred non-GMO perry pears, a Commodity code, shows minimal direct procurement activity but does sit within a much larger ecosystem of canned fruit and preserved food buying by state and local nutrition programs. The recent state and local opportunities in the dataset are tagged with this code but predominantly solicit canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, eggs, and main-line food service distribution rather than the perry pears specified in the code name itself. When opportunities do reference canned fruit specifically—such as the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for canned applesauce posted in July 2026—they call for USDA 2011 commodity specifications, compliance with all FDA/USDA standards, packing in juice, water, or light syrup, and minimum one-year shelf life, with pricing quoted per case on an FOB destination basis including all transportation and fuel. School nutrition programs (Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas Independent School District, and others across Missouri, Georgia, Virginia, and Texas) dominate the recent issuing bodies, joined by state corrections systems, state health and human services commissions, and independent school districts. The geographic spread is concentrated in the South and Southwest—Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut, Oregon, and Virginia see the most recent activity—with school districts as repeat buyers across multiple seasonal cycles.

The code itself appears misaligned with actual procurement volume in the dataset. Of the nineteen opportunities presented, none explicitly solicit perry pears or pear products by name; the dominant procurement lines are applesauce, fresh produce (apples, bananas, produce mixes), eggs, general grocery items, and food service distribution. The single applesauce ITB from Oregon ODOC (S-29100-00017453, due July 31, 2026) and an earlier June applesauce ITB from the same agency (S-29100-00016975, due June 2, 2026) demonstrate canned fruit procurement machinery—both required USDA commodity specification compliance, both awarded based on lowest responsive bid, both imposed Oregon local-vendor preferences (5 percent for Oregon-processed goods, 5 percent for Oregon headquarters)—but neither sought perry pears. A February 2026 Oregon posting (S-29100-00016081 "Fruit Pears") exists in the opportunity list but the source document itself was not provided, so no scope detail is available. If perry pear procurement exists as a line item within larger commodity food buys (particularly school nutrition or corrections food service contracts), it would be buried in multi-hundred-item solicitations under broader UNSPSC codes such as fresh produce or general food supply. Pursuit is not recommended until source opportunities with explicit perry pear specifications appear or until the code's alignment with actual state and local fruit purchasing patterns can be validated.