UNSPSC 50531545: Dried non GMO jonagold apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO jonagold 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 50531545 Dried non GMO jonagold apples is a Commodity code that addresses a narrow product line — dried jonagold apples meeting non-GMO specifications — but state and local procurement activity tagged under this code actually spans much broader fresh and processed produce categories. Recent solicitations show school districts, county agencies, and state health departments purchasing comprehensive grocery and food-service packages that include apples as line items within larger fresh-produce or general-provisions contracts, rather than dried jonagold apples as standalone procurements. The issuing bodies consist primarily of school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi) and county or state human services and nutrition agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida, State of Georgia). School nutrition programs, supported by the National School Lunch Program and Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program, dominate the solicitation activity.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with recent opportunities posted from Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida between April and June 2026. Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) requiring Buy American compliance and Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties among 200-plus line items (posted June 10, 2026, due June 26, 2026) with firm pricing and prepaid freight to three school sites; and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (posted June 11, 2026, due July 13, 2026) with historical annual spend of $1.5 million. The code shows limited recent activity specifically targeting dried jonagold apples as a discrete procurement; vendors should treat this code as a secondary classification within broader school nutrition and institutional food-service opportunities rather than a primary search category.