UNSPSC 50557208: Canned or jarred non GMO cerignola olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO cerignola olives 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 50557208 Canned or jarred non-GMO cerignola olives is a Commodity code that in practice spans shelf-stable food procurement for institutional food service across schools, county senior services, state corrections and health facilities, and municipal nutrition centers. State and local governments buy canned and jarred preserved vegetables, fruits, and specialty foods under this code as part of broader food-supply contracts rather than as standalone line items; recent solicitations show the code nested within larger commodity food buys that include proteins, produce, dairy, and dry goods sourced by nutrition departments, senior services, and corrections food service operations. The issuing bodies are a mix of county boards of education and senior services (Hancock County Board of Education, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners), state corrections and health agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Corrections through the Illinois Veterans Home), municipal school nutrition centers (Austin Independent School District, City of Bridgeport Board of Education), and state-level procurement offices executing on behalf of multiple facilities. Buy American requirements and brand-or-equal specifications are common, with some jurisdictions splitting awards by line item and others consolidating to single vendors.

Recent activity spans Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. Representative solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' June 2026 IFB for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables and proteins with delivery to Gwinnett Senior Services Center by December 7, 2026; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's August 2026 RFP for weekly food orders (brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants) to the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy for the fourth quarter of FY-27; the Oregon Department of Corrections' July 2026 ITB for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with a combined 10 percent Oregon-goods and resident-bidder preference and historical pricing at $21.84 per case; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's May 2026 IFB for supplemental food and consumables statewide with a maximum potential value of $4.5 million over three years; and the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for 115 commodity line items including canned fruits and vegetables for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with firm pricing through June 2027. Delivery is consistently FOB destination prepaid, with food-service compliance (HACCP, E-Verify, debarment verification, product labeling, shelf-life standards) and commercial liability insurance ($500,000 to $2 million per occurrence) required across jurisdictions.