UNSPSC 50555873: Canned or jarred non GMO santa rosa plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO santa 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 50555873 Canned or jarred non-GMO Santa Rosa plums is a Commodity code that names a narrow product category, but recent state and local solicitations show minimal direct demand for that specific item. The code does not align with the active food procurement market at the state and local level, where government buyers instead solicit broadly across shelf-stable and fresh produce categories—canned applesauce, fresh produce for schools, dried fruit bars, and mixed food and consumable products for correctional facilities, state health institutions, and school nutrition programs. The issuing bodies pursuing food procurement span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, State of Georgia), county boards of education (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Gwinnett County in Georgia), independent school districts (Austin Independent School District in Texas), city nutrition programs (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and state-supported living centers. Georgia and Texas show the most recent activity, with Illinois and Oregon also active. Food procurement under broader codes is driven by standardized nutrition requirements, Buy American mandates, and firm fixed pricing on high-volume annual or multi-year contracts.

No recent opportunities posted under UNSPSC 50555873 specifically for canned or jarred non-GMO Santa Rosa plums. The code sees no measurable state and local procurement activity in the dataset provided. Vendors evaluating this code should recognize that the specificity of the commodity—a named fruit varietal with a non-GMO certification requirement—does not match the purchasing patterns observed across state and local food procurement, where buyers typically specify product categories (e.g., canned fruit, fresh produce) and permit brand-or-equal substitution or allow multiple acceptable manufacturers rather than narrow to a single varietal type. Business development professionals should monitor the broader Segment- and Family-level food codes (shelf-stable produce, fresh fruits and vegetables, canned and jarred foods) where actual state and local food service volume is concentrated.