UNSPSC 50531618: Dried non GMO gold brite apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO gold brite 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 50531618 Dried non-GMO gold brite apricots is a Commodity code that captures a narrow specialty produce item, yet state and local governments rarely solicit this specific product in isolation—recent activity shows the code is applied within much broader grocery and fresh produce procurements that address school nutrition, senior meal programs, and institutional food service. When the code does appear, it sits embedded in comprehensive food-supply buys rather than as a standalone line item, which creates a structural mismatch between the code's specificity and actual procurement patterns.

Recent activity under this code is sparse and geographically scattered. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (IFB, due June 30, 2026) solicited over 1,100 grocery line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, and the Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia (IFB, due May 4, 2026) procured comprehensive food products across multiple categories for the 2026–2027 school year—both school-district-led nutrition programs where dried fruit specifications might apply. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (bid due April 23, 2026) solicited fresh produce encompassing apples, bananas, and bulk vegetables across 72 line items; Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia (IFB, due April 27, 2026) established a Master Grocery K-12 contract covering 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus seven distribution kitchens. The Douglas County School System in Georgia used a cooperative buying vehicle (RFP, due March 4, 2026) to source fresh produce and eggs for 30 school districts across two areas with an estimated combined spend of approximately $5.5 million. These solicitations place dried apricots as one commodity within a field of 50–200+ line items. School districts and county education authorities drive the majority of visible activity; no state-level department or municipal catering program in the source material singles out dried specialty fruits. The geographic concentration skews toward the Southeast, particularly Georgia and Connecticut school systems, with scattered activity in Florida and Texas institutional food service. Bidders pursuing this code should expect to compete on commodity-level pricing within master grocery contracts rather than dedicated specialty-fruit RFPs, and should bundle dried apricot offerings into broader produce or grocery submissions targeting K-12 nutrition programs and large institutional food service operations.