UNSPSC 50615502: Canned or jarred Non GMO arbol peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO arbol peppers 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 50615502 Canned or jarred Non GMO arbol peppers is a Commodity code covering shelf-stable pepper products that state and local food service operations purchase as ingredients and components within broader consumables procurement. Recent opportunities show that the code appears incidentally within large, multi-line-item food and kitchen supply solicitations issued by state health and human services agencies, departments of corrections, school districts, and county governments—primarily for institutional food service at state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school cafeterias, and senior services centers. The code's nominal scope (arbol peppers specifically) diverges from the concrete purchasing activity in the record: the recent solicitations do not isolate peppers as a dedicated line item but instead embed them within broader food and consumable categories spanning proteins, produce, dairy, condiments, and food service supplies. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission appears as a repeat issuer, soliciting consumables for state supported living centers in Lufkin and El Paso; other active jurisdictions include Gwinnett County (Georgia) for senior services, Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the State of Illinois, and Ben Hill County Schools.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas (HHSC and TDCJ procurements) and Georgia (county schools and Gwinnett County), with secondary activity in Oregon. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center, with a historical annual value of $1.5 million and proposals due July 13, 2026; the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, vegetables, and sauces) for senior services, with quotes due October 19, 2026; and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five distribution points, with the extended response due date of May 4, 2026. The code shows no standalone or category-focused recent opportunities; peppers appear only as subordinate items within larger food service contracts whose primary scope is general consumables supply. Business development professionals should treat this code as a low-activity designation within much larger institutional food service procurement families rather than as a discrete buying pattern.