UNSPSC 50522704: Non GMO howe cranberries

The variety of non GMO cranberries known as non GMO howe cranberries. 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 50522704 Non GMO howe cranberries (Commodity) shows no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The single recent opportunity bearing this code—Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 for petite bananas—solicits a product entirely unrelated to cranberries, indicating the code assignment does not reflect actual buying patterns. School districts in Wisconsin, Georgia, and Texas are actively purchasing fresh produce under parallel UNSPSC classifications, but cranberries do not appear in any of the available recent solicitations despite broad scope specifications across multiple produce categories in school nutrition programs.

School district food and nutrition departments dominate this taxonomy tier, along with state purchasing offices and county school systems across Georgia, Wisconsin, and Texas. When produce codes do generate recent activity, they typically span comprehensive fresh fruit and vegetable supply contracts for National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program support, often with 50–200 line items, annual contract values ranging from $78,000 to $4.4 million, and delivery requirements to multiple school sites. Representative recent opportunities include the Madison Metropolitan School District RFB 4162 (petite bananas, $78,000 estimated annual value, due July 29, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education IFB SN002-2027 for over 200 fresh produce line items (due June 26, 2026), and the Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 through GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts in two Georgia geographic areas ($4.4 million and $1.1 million in estimated annual spending, due March 4, 2026). Vendors responding to these solicitations must comply with Buy American provisions, HACCP and food recall procedures, multiple insurance requirements, and USDA nutritional standards; many include geographic preference for local or domestic sourcing and scoring criteria that weight cost at 30–50%, product quality at 10–30%, and vendor qualifications and references at 10–20%.