UNSPSC 50523431: Non GMO emperatriz grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO emperatriz 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 50523431 Non GMO emperatriz grapes is a Commodity code that shows no recent alignment between the code's nominal scope and actual state and local school nutrition procurement activity. The recent opportunities block contains sixteen solicitations—all posted between February and July 2026—from school districts and one state procurement office, but none of them specifically solicit emperatriz grapes or any single grape variety by cultivar name. Instead, the solicitations focus on broad fresh produce procurement for school nutrition programs, naming grapes generically (seedless red and green grapes appear in the Glynn County IFB and the Douglas County RFP line-item lists) alongside dozens of other fruits and vegetables, apples, bananas, citrus, berries, and root vegetables as part of comprehensive annual or multi-year contracts serving elementary through high schools and pre-K centers.

School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, including Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Early County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, McAllen ISD, and Austin ISD across Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin, with one State of Georgia procurement office and the Douglas County system procuring cooperatively through the GEC Buying Cooperative for thirty districts. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (ten of sixteen opportunities) and extends to Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin. Representative recent solicitations include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 (Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks, due July 29, 2026) requiring 5,900 weekly servings of ready-to-eat produce sourced within 400 miles of Madison; Glynn County Board of Education IFB 27-02 (Fresh Produce, due April 14, 2026) covering approximately 60 produce line items including generic seedless grapes at 2,550 units estimated annually; and Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 (Fresh Produce and Eggs through GEC Buying Cooperative, due March 4, 2026) spanning produce across two geographic areas for thirty districts with approximately $5.5 million combined annual estimated spend. The code's specificity to Non GMO emperatriz grapes does not match the generalized, multi-commodity institutional fresh-produce buying pattern now active.