UNSPSC 50521901: Non GMO alpine bearberries

The variety of non GMO bearberries known as non GMO alpine bearberries. 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 50521901 Non GMO alpine bearberries, a Commodity-tier code, shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its nominal scope. The source contains 17 recent school district and state education procurement opportunities posted between February and July 2026, but none solicit alpine bearberries or non-GMO berry products specifically. Instead, the opportunities document procurement of broad fresh produce categories—apples, bananas, berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, pineberries), leafy greens, root vegetables, citrus, melons, and stone fruits—for school nutrition programs and child feeding initiatives. The code appears to be either inactive or severely underutilized in current state and local contracting, or the procurement system is tagging general produce solicitations to higher-level produce family codes rather than to this narrow commodity designation.

The mismatch between the code's specificity and actual procurement activity suggests that school districts, county education systems, and state food-service programs do not typically solicit non-GMO alpine bearberries as a line-item commodity. Recent buyers include Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida)—all posting RFBs, RFPs, and IFBs for fresh produce bundles rather than specialty berry lines. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas school systems, with secondary activity in Wisconsin, Florida, and other states. If pursuing this code, verify with target districts whether specialty berries or non-GMO berry procurement occurs outside the visible solicitation cycle, or consider repositioning to broader produce family codes where recent activity is dense.