UNSPSC 50625402: Non GMO arbol pepper purees

The variety of Non GMO peppers known as Non GMO arbol peppers. 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 50625402 Non GMO arbol pepper purees (Commodity) spans the narrow slice of specialty food products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations, though recent state and local opportunities show little demand specific to this commodity code — the recent solicitations posted under it center on institutional food procurement more broadly, spanning proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, canned vegetables, condiments, and other shelf-stable staples for state hospitals, supported living centers, correctional facilities, and school nutrition programs. When state and local agencies do source arbol peppers or pepper purees, they typically bundle them into larger consumables contracts rather than issuing standalone solicitations for a single specialty ingredient. The issuing bodies across recent opportunities span Texas state agencies (Health and Human Services Commission, Comptroller of Public Accounts on behalf of the Department of Criminal Justice), Georgia counties and school districts (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), the Oregon Department of Corrections, the Illinois state procurement system, and independent school districts across multiple states — a mix of corrections departments, health and human services agencies, and school nutrition programs with institutional scale.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon based on the most visible recent opportunities. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), which specified 22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies with annual quantities between 1 and 24 cases per item and F.O.B. Destination delivery within seven days; the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products including sauces and canned proteins for the Department of Community Services (due October 19, 2026); Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 for school nutrition products across multiple categories with Buy American Act compliance (due June 15, 2026); and the Texas Comptroller's IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products across five TDCJ warehouse regions with delivery to six distribution points across Texas (extended due date May 4, 2026). Pepper purees, when specified, typically appear as line items within these multi-category consumables procurements rather than as distinct opportunities, and no recent posting names arbol pepper purees explicitly.