UNSPSC 50524202: Non GMO key limes

The variety of non GMO limes known as non GMO key limes. 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 50524202 Non GMO key limes, a Commodity code, shows no recent state and local procurement activity aligned with the code's nominal scope. The most-recent-opportunities block contains sixteen solicitations, all posted between February and July 2026, and none of them request key limes or any product explicitly matching the code's stated definition. Instead, the block documents school district and regional cooperative purchasing of fresh produce broadly—bananas, apples, berries, broccoli, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, leafy greens, citrus fruits (oranges, grapefruits, lemons), melons, stone fruits, and eggs—across multiple jurisdictions and issuing bodies. The only citrus items named in recent solicitations are oranges, grapefruits, and a single reference to lemons in the Liberty County food IFB; no lime varieties appear in any specification sheet or scope summary.

The posting pattern reflects concentrated school nutrition procurement driven by the annual July 1 contract cycle across Georgia school districts (Douglas County, Hancock County, Liberty County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham, Muscogee County, Bulloch County, Early County), Texas independent school districts (McAllen, Austin), and Florida (Hillsborough County), with a single outlier in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District). This is a strong signal that state and local buying under this UNSPSC code is either misclassified in the source data or reflects institutional procurement taxonomy misalignment rather than actual demand for non-GMO key limes. School nutrition programs procure commodity produce at scale and on fixed cycles, but the recent record offers no evidence that key limes are part of that procurement mix at present. Pass on this code unless you have direct pipeline intelligence from a specific district indicating lime demand.