UNSPSC 50531559: Dried non GMO orleans reinette apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO orleans reinette 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 50531559 Dried non-GMO Orleans Reinette apples is a Commodity code that captures dried apple products procured by school districts, counties, and state health agencies as components of broader food-service and nutrition contracts. State and local governments buy dried apples—and related dried produce—primarily through school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food-service operations subject to Buy American requirements and the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards. The code appears most frequently within larger, multi-line-item grocery and produce solicitations that bundle fresh, frozen, processed, and shelf-stable items rather than as standalone dried-apple-specific awards. Issuing bodies include school districts (the dominant buyer category), county boards of education, county commissioners administering senior services, and state health and human services agencies operating state-supported living facilities.

Recent activity centers on school nutrition contracts in Georgia, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas, with representative opportunities including Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (Georgia, June 2026) spanning over 200 line items of produce with delivery through June 2027; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery items bid for the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut, due June 30, 2026) covering over 1,100 line items with Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 11, 2026) with a historical value of $1.5 million; and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' senior meal preparation and delivery services contract (Florida, due June 25, 2026) valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years. These opportunities consistently impose domestic-content thresholds, nutritional compliance certifications, HACCP plans, firm fixed pricing through contract term, and insurance requirements naming the issuing body as additional insured. The code shows no standalone dried-apple procurements in the recent opportunity block and appears as a sub-item within larger institutional food contracts rather than as a primary procurement driver.