UNSPSC 50527024: Non GMO pepinos

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO pepinos. 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 50527024 Non GMO pepinos (Commodity) does not reflect the actual work being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block shows school districts across the Southeast competing for contracts to supply fresh produce—bananas, apples, berries, vegetables, and other items—to school nutrition programs serving breakfast and lunch, but pepinos (a tropical fruit) appear in none of the recent solicitations. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and what school districts are actually buying suggests limited relevance of this specific commodity code to current procurement activity.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia school districts and one Texas district competing for fresh-produce supply contracts at the Class level rather than at this Commodity tier. Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin posted two separate RFBs in July 2026 for petite bananas (RFB 4162) and fresh fruit and vegetable snacks (RFB 4163), both due July 29, 2026, with contract values estimated at $78,000 and contract terms running through June 30, 2027. Georgia school nutrition programs—Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Glynn County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County (covering 30 districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative)—issued IFBs and RFPs from February through May 2026 for comprehensive fresh-produce procurement spanning 60 to 400+ line items, with annual estimated values ranging from $1.1 million to $4.4 million depending on the district consortium size. Austin ISD in Texas and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida solicited fresh produce and specialty produce for USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program delivery. McAllen ISD in Texas issued an RFP for fresh produce to 31 campuses with a four-year renewal option. These school-district opportunities dominate recent activity; no state-level or county government produce procurement appears in the recent block. The code shows no relevant procurement activity aligned with its stated commodity name.