UNSPSC 50521647: Non GMO royal orange apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO royal orange apricots. 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 50521647 Non-GMO royal orange apricots is a Commodity code that nominally covers specialty stone fruit procurement, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show minimal or no alignment with the code's stated scope. The recent opportunities block contains 18 state and local contract notices, nearly all of which solicit fresh produce categories (bananas, mixed fruit and vegetables, apples, citrus, berries, and eggs) for school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, and Florida. Only one opportunity—Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162, due July 29, 2026—mentions apricots at all, and it is explicitly for petite bananas, not apricots; the GovTribe system has tagged it under the apricots code despite the product mismatch. The remainder of the opportunities (Hancock County Schools, Bartow County Schools, Liberty County, Glynn County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Bulloch County, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD, Early County, Douglas County Cooperative, and Hillsborough County) request comprehensive fresh produce assortments, farm-to-school programs, or general food service supplies for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs. None of these solicitations target non-GMO apricots as a primary or secondary line item.

The issuing bodies are predominantly Georgia school districts and school nutrition programs, with additional activity from Texas independent school districts (McAllen, Austin) and Florida (Hillsborough County). The State of Georgia also posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products bid (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) with scope details contained in a large attachment. The geographic concentration is heavily Georgia-centric, with secondary activity in Texas and Florida. Because the code's nominal scope and the recent solicitations diverge substantially—the recent opportunities reflect institutional fresh produce procurement for school meals rather than specialty stone fruit procurement—this code shows little relevant recent activity for non-GMO apricots specifically. State and local procurement systems appear to have misaligned taxonomy assignments in the dataset, tagging general produce solicitations under a commodity-specific code rather than a broader produce family or class code.