UNSPSC 50555710: Canned or jarred non GMO flavor heart plucot

The variety of non GMO plucots known as non GMO flavor heart plucot that has 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 50555710 Canned or jarred non-GMO flavor heart plucot, a Commodity code, does not show meaningful alignment between its abstract scope and the recent state and local solicitations tagged with it. The code nominally describes a single specialty fruit product, but the opportunities in the pipeline reveal that state and local buyers use this code (or codes near it in the UNSPSC taxonomy) for broad shelf-stable food procurement — including canned vegetables, fruits, applesauce, proteins, grains, condiments, and consumables for schools, correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, senior services, and public institutions. The work being solicited is typically institutional food supply under IFB or RFQ methods, with firm fixed pricing per unit, FOB destination delivery, and compliance with USDA commodity or grade standards. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections and health services, county boards of education, school districts, city nutrition centers, and state-level procurement offices acting on behalf of multiple agencies.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and West: recent opportunities from Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County Board of Education, State of Georgia), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Austin ISD), Illinois (state-level Veterans Home procurement), Oregon (Department of Corrections, multiple quarterly cycles), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport). Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 requesting 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable foods by October 19, 2026, under informal written quote; Texas HHSC's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026, and a historical annual value around $1.5 million; Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (responses due July 31, 2026) with a 10% combined Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preference; and Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026. Most institutional buyers cycle procurement quarterly or annually with multi-year renewal options, require three-year record retention, maintain commercial general liability insurance thresholds of $1 million per occurrence, and enforce Buy American or domestic-content provisions where school nutrition or federal reimbursement is involved.