UNSPSC 50531562: Dried non GMO paula red apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO paula red 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 50531562 Dried non-GMO paula red apples (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within school nutrition and institutional food service procurement, yet recent state and local opportunities show minimal direct solicitation for this specific item. State and local governments procure dried apples primarily as a line item within larger grocery, fresh produce, or food consumable contracts serving school nutrition programs, senior meals, and state-supported living facilities. The code's nominal scope—a single dried-apple variety—sits within broader food-service categories that issuing bodies prefer to bundle with complementary produce, proteins, grains, and prepared items to reduce vendor management overhead. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, followed by county health departments, state nutrition agencies, and municipal boards of education; these entities source dried apples as components of Child Nutrition Program compliance rather than as standalone procurement events.

Recent activity shows school districts in Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida and state agencies in Texas and Georgia posting RFPs and IFBs for aggregated food and produce contracts (Bridgeport Board of Education grocery items RFP with June 30, 2026 deadline; Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce IFB with June 26, 2026 deadline; Pascagoula-Gautier School District Child Nutrition Summer Food Service packaged meal boxes IFB with April 29, 2026 deadline). The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners posted broader food and consumable-product solicitations covering facility food service with historical values of $1.5 million and $17.8 million respectively. No recent opportunities identify dried paula red apples as a sole-source line item or standalone procurement. Vendors pursuing this code should monitor school nutrition RFPs and cooperative purchasing agreements where dried apples appear as enumerated line items subject to Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content and USDA nutrition-compliance standards; individual commodity wins occur within larger awards.