UNSPSC 50616814: Canned or jarred Non GMO caperberries

The variety of Non GMO vegetable known as Non GMO caperberries 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 50616814 Canned or jarred Non GMO caperberries is a Commodity code under which state and local governments procure specialty food products for institutional food service operations, though recent solicitations reflect only minimal activity aligned directly with this narrow specification. The code sits at the bottom tier of the UNSPSC hierarchy and describes a single product line rather than a broad commodity family, making it a niche offering within larger institutional food procurement. The actual buying activity in state and local procurement centers on comprehensive food supply contracts—fresh produce, canned vegetables, proteins, dairy, condiments, and prepared foods—where caperberries, if procured at all, would appear as a single line item among hundreds in multi-category solicitations. The issuing bodies are diverse: school districts (Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI and Burke County Public Schools in Missouri and Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Liberty County and Muscogee County in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County in Georgia), state agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Veterans Home, State of Georgia), and counties (Douglas County School System in Georgia). School nutrition programs are the dominant buyers, followed by state institutional facilities including corrections departments, health services, and veterans homes.

Geographic spread is concentrated in the Southeast and a few Western states: Georgia appears frequently across multiple school districts and state agencies; Texas, Oregon, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia round out recent activity. The representative recent solicitations are substantially larger, broader procurements that dwarf any single ingredient. Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical contract value of $1.5 million annually; Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S2910000016405 in February 2026 for approximately 1,904 cases of tomato paste; Ben Hill County Schools issued IFB #26271 in May 2026 for a multi-category school nutrition food bid; and Fairfax County Public Schools issued IFB 2000004323 in April 2026 for a Master Grocery K-12 contract covering 45 elementary, middle, and high schools. None of these solicitations mention caperberries by name, and the UNSPSC code shows no recent dedicated opportunities for this single product. The code represents a specification-level entry in the taxonomy used primarily for internal catalog organization rather than as a standalone procurement vehicle in state and local government contracting.