UNSPSC 50557210: Canned or jarred non GMO empeltre olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO empeltre 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 50557210 Canned or jarred non-GMO empeltre olives is a Commodity code that reflects state and local government purchasing of shelf-stable food products for institutional food service and nutrition programs, though recent solicitations tagged with this code show broader sourcing across canned fruits, vegetables, proteins, and prepared foods rather than olives specifically. State and local agencies issuing under or near this code include county boards of education, state health and human services departments, state departments of corrections, county boards of commissioners, independent school districts, and municipal education authorities. These buyers source through a mix of standing food-service contracts for recurring institutional feeding (schools, state hospitals, correctional facilities, senior centers) and discrete quarterly or annual competitive procurements. Solicitations typically require firm fixed pricing per unit, compliance with USDA or FDA standards, delivery on FOB destination terms, and maintenance of commercial general liability insurance; many impose Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic content thresholds or preferences for state-sourced products.

Recent activity spans multiple states with heaviest concentration in Georgia, Texas, Illinois, Oregon, and Connecticut. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) issued an IFB in October 2026 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned proteins, vegetables, and sauces with delivery to a senior services center by December 7, 2026. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office issued multiple RFPs in June and August 2026 for weekly food orders to the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy under both brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued successive ITBs for canned applesauce (May and July 2026), with historical pricing near $21.84 per case and a 10 percent total Oregon preference (5 percent for state-fabricated goods, 5 percent for Oregon-headquartered bidders). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts each manage multi-million-dollar statewide food commodity procurements covering 200-plus line items for state hospitals, supported living centers, and correctional facilities. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) source fresh produce and commodities with similar institutional delivery and compliance frameworks. No current contract values or awarded vendors are specified in the available source material for the olives code itself, but food-service procurement shows consistent demand across state detention, health services, education, and aging-services portfolios.