UNSPSC 50522528: Non GMO morello cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO morello 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 50522528 Non GMO morello cherries is a Commodity code that nominally names a single fruit product, but the recent state and local opportunities in the source do not support procurement activity under this code. The nine most recent solicitations posted between February and July 2026 span fresh produce contracting for school nutrition programs across Georgia, Texas, and Florida, but none specifically reference morello cherries, non-GMO fruit sourcing, or cherries at all. Instead, the opportunities center on broad produce procurement — apples, bananas, berries, broccoli, carrots, citrus, melons, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, and prepared salads — issued by school districts, county school boards, and independent school districts as annual food service contracts. The code shows no relevant recent activity aligned with its stated commodity scope.

The mismatch between code nomenclature and actual buying patterns suggests that state and local procurement offices may be tagging produce solicitations with aggregate family-level or miscellaneous codes rather than commodity-specific ones. School nutrition programs are the dominant buyer type across all nine visible opportunities, including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), McAllen Independent School District (Texas), Austin Independent School District (Texas), and Douglas County School System (Georgia). Contract values range from $78,000 (Madison petite bananas, annual) to $4.4 million (Douglas County cooperative, annual for Area One), with most annual contracts in the $500,000 to $1.5 million range. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and Texas, with secondary presence in Wisconsin and Florida. If your firm supplies non-GMO or specialty cherry products to institutional food service, monitor higher-tier produce family codes (50520000 or 50525000 range) rather than this specific commodity, as the taxonomy may not yet reflect the detail your product line requires at state and local scale.