UNSPSC 50555509: Canned or jarred non GMO principe ito persimmons

The variety of non GMO persimmons known as non GMO principe ito persimmons 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 50555509 Canned or jarred non-GMO principe ito persimmons is a Commodity code representing a highly specialized food product line that state and local governments procure infrequently and only in narrow institutional contexts—primarily school districts, corrections facilities, and community service agencies operating food service operations. Recent solicitations show that state and local buying under this code occurs within broader food and consumables procurement campaigns that bundle multiple shelf-stable items, dried and canned fruits, fresh produce, and food service supplies into single RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs rather than as standalone purchases of persimmons alone. The actual work state and local jurisdictions buy includes canned and jarred fruits in general commodity food procurement—applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, and mixed fresh and processed fruits appear regularly across recent opportunities—but the specialized persimmon line item does not surface in the named recent opportunities available. When persimmons or specialty fruit lines do appear in institutional food budgets, they are typically one line item among 100+ line items in multi-category food service contracts managed by purchasing divisions, school nutrition administrators, or state procurement offices on behalf of corrections departments, health and human services agencies, and school districts.

Issuing bodies soliciting under food-commodity codes include county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), county government purchasing offices (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice via the Comptroller's office), and municipal purchasing bureaus (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases in Connecticut). Recent activity spans Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut, with heaviest concentration in Texas (three recent opportunities) and Georgia (two). Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education soliciting fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year under IFB #SN002-2027 with bids due June 26, 2026; Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting supplemental food and consumables for state hospitals and living centers statewide under IFB HHS0017449 with proposals due July 13, 2026; and Oregon Department of Corrections issuing an ITB for canned applesauce (approximately 4,760 cases) with bids due July 31, 2026. No recent opportunity explicitly named canned or jarred persimmons as a solicited line item.