UNSPSC 50531553: Dried non GMO lord derby apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO lord derby 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 50531553 Dried non-GMO Lord Derby apples is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product category within fresh and processed fruit procurement. State and local governments buy under this code primarily as part of broader school nutrition, institutional food service, and congregate meal programs. However, recent state and local solicitations show that dried apples as a discrete line item represent a very small subset of procurement activity; the code appears most often as one among hundreds of line items within larger grocery, fresh produce, or food service contracts rather than as a standalone procurement vehicle.

School districts and state health and human services agencies dominate the recent issuing-body mix, with secondary activity from county governments and municipal education departments. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (for the El Paso State Supported Living Center), and Hillsborough County (Florida) represent recent buyers, though none of these solicitations isolated dried apples as a distinct commodity—each embedded fruit purchases within expansive food service, fresh produce, or grocery aggregations. Geographic spread includes Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida across recent opportunities posted June 2026 and earlier. The Bridgeport Board of Education RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) sought over 1,100 line items of grocery items including fruits with Buy American domestic agricultural content requirements of at least 51 percent; Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce (PE67080NONST2027000000013, due June 26, 2026) specified over 200 fresh produce line items across multiple apple varieties, berries, and vegetables with July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027 contract term. The code shows minimal recent activity as a standalone procurement category and does not appear as a primary driver in current state and local school nutrition or institutional food service contracting.