UNSPSC 50615514: Canned or jarred Non GMO ancho peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO ancho 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 50615514 Canned or jarred non-GMO ancho peppers (Commodity) spans canned and jarred pepper products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service operations—state health and human services facilities, corrections departments, school nutrition programs, and county social service departments. Recent solicitations show the code captures only a narrow slice of broader consumables and food-service procurement, with ancho peppers appearing as one line item among dozens or hundreds in multi-category food RFPs and IFBs rather than as a standalone category. The issuing bodies are predominantly state health agencies and state corrections systems, along with county and school-district nutrition programs—Texas Health and Human Services Commission (including Lufkin and El Paso State Supported Living Centers), Oregon Department of Corrections, and Georgia and Texas school districts. These jurisdictions treat pepper specifications as part of larger competitive procurements for annual food supply contracts rather than narrow ingredient buys.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted two IFBs in 2026 (HHS0018082 due October 23, 2026, and HHS0017872 due August 25, 2026) for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center that included peppers among prepared-food and supply line items; the broader HHS0016792v2 supplemental food procurement posted May 2026 with a March 19, 2026 deadline encompassed 210 food line items statewide for state hospitals and supported living centers with a potential three-year value of $4.5 million. Oregon Department of Corrections issued a canned-tomato bid (S2910000017145, June 19, 2026 close) covering similar institutional food categories. Georgia school districts (Ben Hill County, Burke County) and Gwinnett County posted food IFBs and IWQs in mid-2026 for cafeteria and senior-services nutrition. The code shows no recent standalone ancho-pepper solicitations; the commodity surfaces only within multi-item institutional food contracts where pricing occurs on a per-line-item basis and delivery to state or county food-service facilities is required within 30 days of order or within seven days for state-agency procurements. Vendors pursuing the code compete primarily on specification compliance (USDA grade, shelf life, sodium content where specified) and delivered cost across dozens of competing items rather than on ancho-pepper supply exclusively.