UNSPSC 50526208: Non GMO focke strawberry raspberry

The variety of non GMO raspberry known as non GMO focke strawberry raspberry. 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 50526208 Non GMO Focke strawberry raspberry is a Commodity code that represents fresh berries—primarily strawberries and raspberries—procured by state and local school districts and educational food service operations to support child nutrition programs. The recent opportunities under this code show that school nutrition departments are actively soliciting fresh produce, though the available records do not isolate strawberries and raspberries as standalone line items in all cases; instead, they appear within broader fresh-produce and fresh-fruit-and-vegetable solicitations that bundle multiple produce categories. Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4163 for Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snacks (posted July 8, 2026, bids due July 29, 2026) and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST for the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (proposal deadline March 11, 2026) exemplify the institutional demand for specialty fruits in ready-to-eat, pre-packaged form meeting USDA food safety and traceability standards. Bidders across these solicitations are required to maintain HACCP plans, provide farm-of-origin documentation, comply with Buy American provisions favoring domestic agricultural commodities, and deliver products meeting specific ripeness, shelf-life, and packaging specifications.

School districts across Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, and Florida represent the dominant issuing bodies under this code, with repeat activity from Hancock County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Glynn County Board of Education, Liberty County Board of Education, and others sourcing produce through IFBs, RFPs, and RFBs spanning the 2026–2027 school year. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Georgia (Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Glynn County, Douglas County, Muscogee County, Early County), with secondary activity in Wisconsin (Madison Metropolitan School District) and Texas (McAllen ISD, Austin ISD). Most solicitations emphasize local or domestic sourcing preferences and award on lowest-price-per-unit or lowest-responsive-responsible-bidder basis, with contracts typically running from July 1 through June 30 annually and permitting multiple-vendor awards on a line-item basis. No recent opportunities specifically isolate strawberries or raspberries as standalone commodities under this code; they are integrated into broader fresh-produce procurement streams where they compete alongside apples, bananas, berries (blackberry, pineberry, raspberry, strawberry), and other fruit categories as components of school meal and snack programs.