UNSPSC 50555900: Canned or jarred non GMO pomegranates

The type of thick-skinned several-celled reddish berry that is about the size of an orange and has many seeds with pulpy crimson arils of tart flavor 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 50555900 Canned or jarred non-GMO pomegranates is a Class code that captures state and local procurement of shelf-stable processed fruit products, though the recent opportunities block shows minimal activity specifically under pomegranate specifications and instead reflects broader canned and jarred fruit procurement across corrections, school nutrition, and health and human services agencies. The scope of work reflects what agencies actually buy: canned applesauce for institutional food service, dried fruit bars and apple crisps for school cafeterias, supplemental canned and frozen fruits for state hospitals and supported living centers, fresh produce and eggs for school nutrition programs, and general food commodity supplies for correctional facilities and state health agencies. Issuing bodies span state departments of corrections, school districts at the county and independent level, state health and human services commissions, county boards of education, and city education procurement offices. Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and multiple Georgia and Texas school districts appear repeatedly in the recent opportunities block. The geographic spread concentrates in Texas (state health agencies, Dallas and Houston-area school districts, Department of Criminal Justice), Georgia (multiple county school systems and boards of education), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Missouri (Rockwood School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), and Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools), with scattered activity in Illinois and other states.

Representative recent opportunities 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 under OregonBuys, offering a combined 10 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and Oregon-headquartered bidders, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products including canned fruits for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with proposals due July 13, 2026, covering food service for state facilities with an estimated prior-period value of $1.5 million. Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps due July 16, 2026, and the Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs through the GEC Buying Cooperative (serving 30 school districts across two Georgia areas with estimated annual spend of approximately $5.5 million combined) represent the school nutrition segment. The code sees steady institutional food service activity but limited recent solicitations explicitly tagged to canned or jarred pomegranate products specifically.