UNSPSC 50525872: Non GMO roysum plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO roysum plums. 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 50525872 Non GMO roysum plums is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the recent state and local activity filed under it. The code nominally describes a single specialty fruit product, but the recent opportunities in the block cover broad fresh-produce procurement across multiple item categories — school districts, county parks, and healthcare coalitions requesting everything from bananas and stone fruit to leafy greens, root vegetables, berries, and melons. The mismatch suggests the code has been applied as a catch-all for fresh-produce bids rather than as a marker for non-GMO plums specifically. What state and local governments are actually buying under this code right now is fresh produce in general, sourced through school nutrition programs, county concessions, and healthcare food services.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts — Madison Metropolitan School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, and Early County Board of Education — with secondary activity from Collier County Parks and Recreation (through an ITN for food services at North Collier Regional Park due March 6, 2025) and Marion Health Care Coalition (RFP for produce due August 21, 2026). Georgia holds the densest recent activity, with four school districts and one county parks authority posting in the past five months. Wisconsin and other states account for the remainder. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (70–90 cases weekly, $78,000 annual value, bids due July 29, 2026) and Hancock County's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce across multiple varieties (contract July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, bids due June 26, 2026). School district nutrition programs typically impose strict delivery windows (often 5:00 a.m.–7:00 a.m. weekday mornings), require HACCP documentation, mandate minimum fill rates, and apply local-sourcing or geographic-distance preferences — within 400 miles for Bartow County and Wisconsin sourcing for Madison Metropolitan's USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program contract.