UNSPSC 50615523: Canned or jarred Non GMO habanero peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO habanero 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 50615523 Canned or jarred non-GMO habanero peppers is a Commodity code that covers shelf-stable pepper products used in institutional food service. State and local governments acquire these items as line items within larger consumable-foods procurements for state-supported living centers, corrections facilities, school nutrition programs, and county senior services. Habanero peppers appear as specialty condiment items in multi-hundred-line-item food bids rather than as standalone purchases; they are typically bundled with sauces, spices, and other prepared-food ingredients. Issuing bodies soliciting under this code include state health and human services commissions, departments of corrections, school districts, and county purchasing offices managing institutional food service operations.

Activity is concentrated in Texas and Georgia. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has posted multiple IFBs for state-supported living center consumables—including HHS0017872 (posted August 11, 2026, due August 25, 2026) and HHS0018082 (posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026)—that list peppers among 20–22 line items for fiscal year 2027 operations. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, procuring through the Comptroller of Public Accounts, issued IFB 304T26300CF for cafeteria food products to TDCJ warehouse locations, with response due May 4, 2026. Burke County Public Schools and Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia have posted school nutrition bids with nearly 400 line items each encompassing canned vegetables and specialty condiments. Oregon Department of Corrections posted a separate canned-tomatoes procurement (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026), indicating corrective-facility demand across regions. No single representative solicitation explicitly names habanero peppers; the code sees minimal standalone activity and appears as a sub-item within institutional food-service aggregates where volume, pricing, and award decisions are driven by total contract value and vendor capacity to deliver hundreds of line items on schedule.