UNSPSC 50531606: Dried non GMO bonny apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO bonny apricots 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 50531606 Dried non-GMO bonny apricots is a Commodity code capturing specialty dried fruit procurement by state and local school food-service programs and senior nutrition service contractors. State and local solicitations under this code reflect school nutrition directors and county health authorities buying bulk dried fruit as components of larger breakfast, snack, and meal-assembly contracts governed by the National School Lunch Program, Buy American provisions, and the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. The work spans fruit-line-item selection within multi-thousand-line-item grocery aggregates and specialized dried-fruit sourcing for packaged meal boxes and senior congregate meal service. Issuing bodies include school districts (independent, county, and regional), county boards of education, county boards of commissioners overseeing senior services, state health and human services departments, and city departments of public purchases on behalf of school nutrition programs.

Recent activity appears across Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases posted an RFB (BNB052266) on June 30, 2026 due the same day for grocery items spanning over 1,100 line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education Food & Nutrition Services, including dried fruits subject to Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards and Buy American requirements (51% domestic agricultural ingredients); Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted an IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple fruit varieties with a June 26, 2026 response date; the Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi solicited packaged seven-day meal boxes under a Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program with an April 29, 2026 deadline; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida posted an ITB (ITB2600289) due June 25, 2026 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted an IFB (HHS0017449) due July 11, 2026 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. The recent opportunities show no isolated dried-apricot line-item solicitations; dried non-GMO bonny apricots appear as one of potentially hundreds of ingredient options within broader food-service procurement vehicles.