UNSPSC 50531600: Dried non GMO apricots

The type of oval orange-colored fruit of a temperate-zone tree (prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavor 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 50531600 Dried non-GMO apricots, a Class code, represents a narrow commodity within the broader school nutrition and institutional food service category that state and local governments procure as part of regular meal programs. However, the recent opportunities block shows minimal direct solicitation of dried apricots as a standalone line item; instead, state and local issuing bodies are acquiring dried apricots incidentally as part of larger grocery, fresh-produce, or food-consumable contracts that span hundreds of line items across breakfast cereals, vegetables, fruits, snacks, and meal components. The Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) and the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) each include produce and commodity items meeting National School Lunch Program standards and the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, though neither notice explicitly lists dried apricots by name. School districts, county boards of education, and state health and human services agencies form the primary issuing-body mix, with food service departments managing procurement centrally for cafeteria operations and child nutrition programs.

Geographic activity spans Georgia, Florida, Texas, Connecticut, and Mississippi based on recent postings. The Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's El Paso State Supported Living Center IFB (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), Hillsborough County's senior meals ITB (ITB2600289, due June 25, 2026, $17.8 million over three years), and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) all posted nutrition-related solicitations between April and June 2026. Dried apricots, when procured, typically flow through competitive sealed bids or IFBs as part of breakfast-item, snack-item, or generic grocery-commodity line items rather than as independently specified products. The code shows limited standalone activity; pursuit requires embedding capability within larger food-service vendor relationships or as a component supplier to multi-commodity nutrition distributors holding school-district or institutional food-service contracts.