UNSPSC 50557218: Canned or jarred non GMO manzanilla olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO manzanilla 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 50557218 Canned or jarred non-GMO manzanilla olives is a Commodity code that captures shelf-stable, jarred produce items purchased for institutional food service and nutrition programs across state and local jurisdictions. In practice, recent state and local solicitations under this code and related food-commodity brackets span a much broader range of food products — canned proteins, vegetables, fruits, applesauce, fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and bakery items — suggesting that issuing bodies use this taxonomy tier to tag individual line items within large, multi-category food and consumables procurements. State and local buyers soliciting under the code include county boards of education and school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services commissions, city boards of education, county senior services, and state veterans' homes. The issuing bodies reflect a mix of K–12 nutrition programs, institutional corrections and health facilities, and senior services operations.

Recent opportunities span Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, and Connecticut. Representative recent solicitations include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IFQ for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (due October 19, 2026) to support the Department of Community Services; the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's RFP for weekly food orders at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy (brand-specific and brand-or-equal variants, August 2026); the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026, with a historical award price of $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales); Austin Independent School District's RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce across the 2026–27 school year (due June 26, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with a historical prior-period value of $1.5 million). Activity is steady and ongoing, with multiple concurrent procurements across institutional food service and senior nutrition use cases.