UNSPSC 50557225: Canned or jarred non GMO ponentine olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO ponentine 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 50557225 Canned or jarred non-GMO Ponderosa olives is a Commodity code covering specialty preserved olive products for institutional food service. State and local procurement offices use this code infrequently; the recent opportunities block contains no active solicitations specifically calling for canned or jarred olives. Instead, the code sits within broader food-commodity procurements—school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, state veterans' homes, county senior services, health and human services agencies—where olives may appear as one line item among dozens of shelf-stable or specialty food products. When olives do surface in these mixed food-commodity buys, they are typically bundled with canned vegetables, condiments, and proteins under larger purchasing vehicles rather than solicited as standalone items.

Issuing bodies accessing this code span state departments (corrections, health and human services, veterans' affairs), county boards of education, county government nutrition programs, and municipal school districts. Recent activity shows no pattern of repeat solicitations explicitly targeting olives; instead, broader food RFQs, RFPs, and IFBs from Georgia (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Hancock County Board of Education), Illinois (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice, Austin Independent School District), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport), signal that olives—if procured—enter the supply chain as components of larger 200–400-line-item food-commodity packages. The code shows little standalone market activity among state and local buyers; purchasing professionals tracking this commodity should expect intermittent, small-volume requests embedded in food-service RFQs rather than dedicated tender events.