UNSPSC 50522518: Non GMO ruby bing cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO ruby bing cherries. 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 50522518 Non GMO ruby bing cherries is a Commodity code that does not reflect the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under it. The recent opportunities posted under this code are almost exclusively school nutrition procurements for fresh produce and other food items — bananas, apples, mixed produce, beverages, eggs — with no ruby bing cherries or cherry-specific solicitations appearing in the dataset. The code's nominal scope and current procurement activity are misaligned, suggesting either a systematic tagging error across multiple jurisdictions or that this Commodity code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for fresh produce line items that belong in broader produce families rather than a discrete cherry offering.

School districts and county school boards dominate the issuing body mix, with single-state activities concentrated in Georgia (Hancock County Schools, Glynn County Board of Education, Muscogee County School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Liberty County Board of Education, Bulloch County School District, Douglas County School System) and multi-state outliers including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), and Austin Independent School District (Texas). Recent solicitations use RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notice types with response dates clustered between late February and late July 2026; representative examples include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (due July 29, 2026, estimated $78,000 annual value), Glynn County Board of Education IFB 27-02 for fresh produce across 60 line items (due April 14, 2026), and Hillsborough County Public Schools RFP 26039RFPDST for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery to 18 elementary schools (estimated annual value $600,000, proposals due March 11, 2026). Because no recent solicitation under this code targets cherries or demonstrates ruby bing cherry procurement, business development professionals should consider this code inactive for cherry supply and should instead monitor broader UNSPSC produce families or verify the correct commodity classification before pursuing.