UNSPSC 50531528: Dried non GMO gilliflower apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO giliflower 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 50531528 Dried non-GMO gilliflower apples is a Commodity code that nominally covers dried apple products, but recent state and local opportunities show little direct procurement activity aligned with that narrow specification. Instead, the code appears in solicitations for broad food-service categories spanning fresh produce, packaged meals, grocery staples, and consumables for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food operations. The issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state purchasing offices (State of Georgia). The mix reflects the dominance of K–12 school nutrition contracts under federal Child Nutrition Program frameworks, which impose Buy American requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act compliance, nutritional standards, HACCP protocols, and extensive vendor certification and insurance obligations.

Recent opportunities span multiple states with concentrations in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 RFQ for over 1,100 line items of grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program, due June 30, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, due July 13, 2026, exemplify institutional food-service scale. Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items and multiple apple varieties (Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz), due June 26, 2026, and Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026, show the breadth of food-procurement activity. A State of Georgia solicitation for food, supplies, and other kitchen products posted May 15, 2026, and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District's April 2026 bid for packaged meal boxes round out the geographic spread. The code's recent activity aligns more closely with broad food-service procurement than with the dried-apple commodity name; vendors pursuing opportunities under this code should focus on school nutrition, senior services, and institutional meal provision rather than specialty dried-fruit products.