UNSPSC 50557222: Canned or jarred non GMO nicoise olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO nicoise 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 50557222 Canned or jarred non-GMO nicoise olives is a Commodity code that state and local governments treat as part of a broader food-procurement taxonomy encompassing shelf-stable produce and specialty items purchased for institutional food service. Recent solicitations show the code applied primarily to general food-supply contracts rather than nicoise olives specifically; state purchasing offices tag commodity codes to line-item families within larger multi-item IFBs and RFQs, and the code appears used as a catch-all categorization within broader food-product scopes. The jurisdictions soliciting under the code span county boards of education, state departments of corrections and health services, city school districts, and county and state purchasing divisions. Issuing bodies include Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia, the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office, the Oregon Department of Corrections, Austin Independent School District in Texas, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, the City of Bridgeport Connecticut Department of Public Purchases, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice through the Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast (Georgia), Pacific Northwest (Oregon), Texas, Illinois, and Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County's informal written quote (IWQ) of October 2026 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including canned vegetables with delivery to Lawrenceville, Georgia by December 7, 2026; the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB (due June 2, 2026) for 1,904 cases of canned applesauce with a historical award price of $21.827 per case; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products including canned and frozen items for state-supported living centers, with historical monthly value of approximately $1.5 million. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 commodities bid covers 115 line items including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center with pricing firm through June 30, 2027. School nutrition programs, state-facility food service, and county social-services operations represent the dominant use cases, with Buy American and domestic-content preferences appearing in multiple jurisdictions (Georgia, Connecticut, Texas).