UNSPSC 50557012: Canned or jarred non GMO feijoa

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO feijoa 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 50557012 Canned or jarred non-GMO feijoa (Commodity) sees limited direct activity in state and local procurement, with posted opportunities rarely matching the code's nominal scope. The recent opportunities in the dataset represent a broader spectrum of canned and fresh fruit procurement spanning applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and miscellaneous food-service commodities, rather than feijoa specifically. School districts, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, and county boards of education dominate the issuing bodies, with the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and multiple Georgia and Missouri school districts posting repeatedly across the food-procurement landscape. The geographic spread spans Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and Illinois, with particularly dense activity in the school nutrition sector across the Southeast and Midwest.

Recent solicitations under food commodity codes cluster around school meal service and institutional feeding programs rather than specialty produce items. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, for approximately 4,760 cases of canned fruit applesauce delivered to Salem, with bids due July 31, 2026 and a historical price of $21.84 per case; the same agency posted an earlier applesauce solicitation (ITB S2910000016975) in May 2026. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for supplemental food and consumable products serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide, including HHS0016792 with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million and an anticipated contract start at award. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia) issued RFPs and IFBs for master grocery contracts, grocery items, produce, and fresh fruit spanning 2026 response dates from March through June. The code itself shows no distinct competitive advantage or volume concentration; firms pursuing it should expect commodity-level pricing pressure, Buy American and domestic-content preferences in school and state agency procurements, and a bid landscape dominated by established food distributors and produce vendors with prior public-sector experience and liability insurance minimums of $1 million or higher.