UNSPSC 50525876: Non GMO st catherine plum

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO st catherine 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 50525876 Non-GMO St. Catherine Plum is a Commodity code that nominally describes specialty stone fruit, but the recent state and local contract opportunities posted under this code show little activity aligned with that scope. The single representative opportunity on record is Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (posted July 8, 2026, due July 29, 2026), which addresses fresh fruit supply to school nutrition programs but does not match the plum category the code nominally describes. The remaining opportunities in the block—spanning fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, comprehensive produce procurement, and specialty items for school districts across Georgia and Texas—are tagged to this code despite their broader scope and lack of plum-specific content. The code appears to capture miscellaneous fresh produce items supplied to school nutrition programs rather than non-GMO St. Catherine plums in particular.

School districts and county boards of education are the primary issuing bodies soliciting under or near this code, with recent activity concentrated in Georgia (Madison Metropolitan, Hancock County, Bartow County, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, and Douglas County school systems) and expansion into Texas (McAllen and Austin Independent School Districts). These solicitations are issued as RFBs, RFPs, IFBs, and ITBs with response dates ranging from late June through late July 2026. The Georgia State Department of Public Instruction and Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) also posted opportunities involving fresh produce for USDA-funded school feeding programs. Bid volumes range from $78,000 annually for petite bananas at Madison Metropolitan to estimated multi-million-dollar annual spend for comprehensive produce contracts serving 30 school districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative. No clear evidence supports that this code is actively used for non-GMO St. Catherine plum procurement at the state or local level; the actual buying activity reflects broad fresh-produce aggregation for school feeding rather than category-specific stone fruit sourcing.