UNSPSC 50526223: Non GMO sweet cultivated raspberry

The variety of non GMO raspberry known as non GMO sweet cultivated 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 50526223 Non GMO sweet cultivated raspberry (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity aligned with its code scope. The recent opportunities tagged under this Commodity span petite bananas, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, institutional produce procurement across multiple categories, and prepared fresh-produce offerings for school nutrition programs — none of which specifically target raspberries, GMO status, or cultivated berry procurement as a narrow line item. The code's nominal focus on non-GMO sweet raspberries does not match the actual buying pattern, which centers on broad institutional fresh-produce contracts encompassing dozens of commodity lines (apples, bananas, leafy greens, root vegetables, berries as a category, and prepared salads) bundled into single solicitations.

State and local school districts and their purchasing cooperatives dominate the issuing bodies across the region, including Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Bartow County School System (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), Bulloch County School District (Georgia), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Glynn County Board of Education (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), with activity concentrated in Georgia and extending to Wisconsin and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District's RFB 4162 for petite bananas (response due July 29, 2026, $78,000 annual value) and Hillsborough County Public Schools' RFP 26039RFPDST for fresh fruit and vegetable program produce across 18 elementary school sites (cost-plus fixed-fee-per-case model, $600,000 estimated annual budget funded by USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program grant). Institutional food-service buyers treat fresh produce as consolidated demand across broad product families rather than as discrete single-commodity procurements, making pursuit under this specific code unlikely to align with actual solicitation strategy.