UNSPSC 50555825: Canned or jarred non GMO ebony may plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO ebony may plums 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 50555825, Canned or jarred non-GMO ebony may plums, is a Commodity code that in practice encompasses a much broader range of canned and jarred fruit products than its nominal title suggests. State and local government procurement offices, particularly corrections departments, school districts, and health and human services agencies, use this code to buy canned fruit applesauce, canned pears, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, eggs, and other food commodities for institutional food service operations. The issuing bodies are predominantly K–12 school districts (including large districts such as Fairfax County Public Schools, Dallas ISD, and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System) and state agencies managing correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, and state hospitals. School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, with districts procuring food products for child nutrition services under IFB, RFP, and ITB notices; state agencies such as the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and Illinois Chief Procurement Office also solicit regularly under this code for institutional food supply.

Recent opportunities span Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and multiple other states, with the highest concentration in school districts across Texas and Georgia. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with bids due July 31, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. PST (historical price $21.84 per case); the Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million and proposals due July 13, 2026; and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-003 for food supply and distribution services with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 for 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students. Fairfax County Public Schools' IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 covers delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens, with the contract period running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and optional renewals for four additional one-year periods. Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products appear consistently across school district solicitations.