UNSPSC 50531516: Dried non GMO crab apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO crab apples that have been dried for preservation. 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 50531516 Dried non-GMO crab apples, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity; no opportunities in the dataset explicitly solicit this product line. The three most recent opportunities that reference dried produce or comparable agricultural commodities—the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 grocery bid for the Board of Education, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products procurement for a state-supported living center, and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce bid—all focus on fresh produce, breakfast cereals, and packaged goods rather than dried specialty fruits. The broader competitive landscape under related food procurement codes shows school districts, state agencies, and county health authorities as primary buyers, with school nutrition programs dominating the issuer mix across Connecticut, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Mississippi.

Opportunities in adjacent produce and grocery categories carry contract values ranging from approximately $1.5 million annually (Texas HHSC) to $9 million (Douglas County Schools food supply), with most school-district fresh-produce and grocery awards running July through June fiscal years tied to the National School Lunch Program and Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content. The concentration of recent activity in school nutrition procurement—spanning Bridgeport (Connecticut), Hancock County (Georgia), Bulloch County (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham (Georgia), Douglas County (Georgia), Fairfax County (Virginia), and Meriden (Connecticut)—suggests that specialty dried produce like crab apples, when procured by state and local bodies, enters through master grocery or fresh-produce term contracts rather than standalone commodity bids. No recent standalone solicitation for dried crab apples appears in the dataset; interested vendors should monitor school-district nutrition RFPs and state food-supply cooperative purchasing vehicles for seasonal or specialty-produce line items where dried fruits might qualify.