UNSPSC 50523402: Non GMO almeria grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO almeria grapes. 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 50523402 Non GMO almeria grapes is a Commodity code that nominally names a single produce item, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show minimal direct relevance to the code's stated scope. The opportunities solicited instead cover broad fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs—bananas, apples, berries, vegetables, and diverse fruit-and-vegetable assortments—rather than almeria grapes specifically. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent solicitations from Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), 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), and Austin Independent School District (Texas), alongside Douglas County School System (Georgia) issuing through the GEC Buying Cooperative. A state-level procurement from Georgia also appears under the code, though its full scope document was not provided. One transit or municipal-level issuer does not appear in the recent opportunities block.

Activity concentrates heavily in Georgia and Texas, with secondary representation from Wisconsin. Recent solicitations issued as RFPs, RFQs (labeled RFBs in school district practice), and IFBs between February and July 2026 typically target the 2026-2027 school year beginning July 1, 2026, or calendar 2026 quarters. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas due July 29, 2026, estimated at $78,000 annual value with weekly deliveries of 70–90 cases; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 produce line items due June 26, 2026, spanning apples, berries, vegetables, and citrus; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for approximately 72 fresh produce and egg line items, estimated at $4.4 million for Area One (18 districts) and $1.1 million for Area Two (12 districts), with proposals due March 4, 2026. Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, insurance requirements ($500,000 to $2 million general liability), and affirmative-action or diversity-business preferences appear consistently across solicitations. The code shows substantial recent activity, but the mismatch between almeria grapes and the broad produce categories actually being procured suggests either miscoding or use of this commodity code as a catch-all family-level proxy for fresh-fruit procurement.