UNSPSC 50525833: Non GMO governor's plum

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO governor's plum. 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 50525833 Non GMO governor's plum (Commodity) names a narrow product category, but recent state and local solicitations under this code reveal no direct activity. The most recent opportunities tagged to this Commodity show school districts and county boards of education procuring fresh fruits and vegetables broadly—bananas, apples, berries, produce staples—rather than plums or the specific varietal this code nominally describes. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 (due July 29, 2026) solicits petite bananas in bulk case packs; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026) covers over 200 line items of fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties, berries, cruciferous vegetables, root crops, and citrus; and Liberty County Board of Education's dual IFBs (due April 29, 2026) request comprehensive food and produce portfolios for school nutrition programs across multiple sites. The code shows a categorical mismatch—public procurement under this UNSPSC tag is acquiring fresh produce generically, not a specific Non GMO governor's plum product line.

Issuing bodies are exclusively school districts and county education boards across Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Wisconsin, all operating child nutrition programs for K–12 students. Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Hancock, Liberty, Muscogee, Glynn, Bulloch, Douglas, Savannah-Chatham County districts and Bartow and Early County systems), with outliers in Madison, Wisconsin; Tampa, Florida; Austin and McAllen, Texas. Representative solicitations include Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFQDST (due March 11, 2026, estimated annual value $600,000) for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce delivery to 18 elementary schools; Bulloch County School District's IFP (due May 4, 2026) for 24 locally grown produce items within 200 miles; and Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative (due March 4, 2026, estimated combined annual spend $5.5 million for 30 districts across two Georgia areas). No incumbent vendors are named, and awards are typically made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder on a line-item basis, often to multiple vendors per contract. This code presents little actionable opportunity for a plum-specific vendor; firms should verify that produce they supply aligns with broader school nutrition procurement rather than relying on the narrow Commodity code descriptor.