UNSPSC 50531525: Dried non GMO fuji apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO fuji 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 50531525 Dried non-GMO Fuji apples (Commodity) covers dried apple products for institutional food service, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows limited direct relevance. School districts and institutional food service buyers solicit fresh and processed produce broadly under overlapping commodity codes, but the recent opportunities block contains no dedicated solicitations explicitly for dried Fuji apples. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, Hancock County Board of Education, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, and other institutional buyers solicited fresh produce, packaged meals, and general grocery items across multiple line items spanning apples (including Fuji varieties), but the dried-apple Commodity code does not appear as a discrete procurement focus in the current market snapshot.

Geographic activity is concentrated in the Southeast and South—Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas—where school districts and county food service programs issue regular produce and meal-preparation bids. Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning the 2026–27 school year (due June 26, 2026) itemizes multiple apple varieties including Fuji; the City of Bridgeport's grocery-items IFB (due June 30, 2026) encompasses over 1,100 line items across breakfast, produce, and prepared foods for the National School Lunch Program; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission sought food and consumable products for state-supported living centers under IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026). These institutional buyers represent repeating procurement under related commodity families, but the code shows no recent standalone solicitations for dried Fuji apples specifically. Vendors in this space should monitor school-district cooperative purchasing vehicles and state food-service contracts where dried fruit appears as a line item within broader grocery or meal-component awards.