UNSPSC 50615528: Canned or jarred Non GMO pasilla peppers

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO pasilla peppers that has 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 50615528 Canned or jarred Non-GMO pasilla peppers is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code buy specialty canned and jarred pepper products to support food service operations at correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, schools, and veterans' homes. The code sees activity from state departments, school districts, and state institutional buyers rather than general-purpose food service vendors—the recent opportunities show prison systems, health and human services agencies, and school nutrition programs seeking these items as part of broader food supply contracts. Work solicited under the code typically forms a single line item or category within much larger food procurement efforts that span dozens or hundreds of line items covering proteins, produce, dairy, dry goods, and consumables. State and local buyers rarely issue standalone solicitations for specialty pepper products; instead, they appear as specified items within all-foods RFPs and IFBs where vendors bid firm unit pricing across a broad product slate.

Geographic activity concentrates in the South and West, with recent opportunities posted by Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia school districts (Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Ben Hill County Schools), and Illinois Veterans Home. The most representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), which spans NIGP food categories including canned goods; the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000016405 for jalapeno peppers (response due April 6, 2026); and the Liberty County Board of Education IFB for food products covering over 400 items (response due April 29, 2026). The code shows no standalone market; rather, it signals commodity demand within state institutional food service—pursuit here requires positioning specialty peppers as part of broader food-service capability and responding to large regional contracts where this product type appears as a specified line item alongside dozens of competing categories.