UNSPSC 50555866: Canned or jarred non GMO red rosa plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO red rosa 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 50555866 Canned or jarred non-GMO red rosa plums is a Commodity code that spans canned and jarred fruit products purchased by state and local food service operations—principally county departments of community services, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, school districts, and city boards of education. The code sees solicitation activity across jurisdictions purchasing shelf-stable fruit and vegetable products for institutional food service, senior nutrition programs, prison food supply, and school meal service. Issuing bodies range from single counties (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Hancock County Board of Education, City of Bridgeport) to multi-facility state agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Homes, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The recent opportunities block shows no dedicated solicitations for red rosa plums specifically; instead, canned plums appear as line items within larger food commodities procurements. Related canned fruit products—particularly applesauce—dominate the recent state and local activity under adjacent commodity codes, with Oregon Department of Corrections issuing two separate ITBs for canned applesauce (approximately 1,900–4,760 cases per award) and Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting bids on supplemental food and consumables encompassing 210 line items of fresh, frozen, dry, and canned products for state hospitals and supported living centers statewide.

The geographic spread of recent activity centers on the South (Georgia, Texas, Connecticut) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon), with secondary activity in the Midwest (Illinois). Oregon Department of Corrections has posted repeated ITBs for canned applesauce with 5 percent state-of-origin and resident-bidder preferences; Texas Health and Human Services Commission (serving state hospitals and supported living centers) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice have solicited food commodities on a statewide basis with firm, fixed pricing and FOB Destination delivery; Gwinnett County, Georgia, and Hancock County, Georgia, have issued informal written quotes (IWQ) and IFBs for food items and fresh produce; and Illinois Veterans Homes has solicited quarterly weekly food orders under brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications. Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic content for processed items) appear in school district and Board of Education solicitations. No recent opportunities in the source block are tagged specifically to UNSPSC 50555866 or name red rosa plums by item, indicating the code may see light recent activity at the commodity level, though canned fruit products broadly appear as components in larger institutional food-service buys.