UNSPSC 50531643: Dried non GMO rival apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO rival 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 50531643 Dried non GMO rival apricots is a Commodity code that covers specialized dried fruit products for institutional food service and school nutrition programs. State and local governments buy under this code primarily as line items within broader grocery and food-supply contracts that serve school districts, state-supported living centers, senior meal programs, and other public nutrition operations. The code appears in solicitations alongside hundreds of other food and consumable items rather than as a standalone procurement — vendors typically bid dried apricots as one SKU among fresh produce, frozen goods, condiments, and other staples required to meet Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, Buy American domestic-content thresholds, and facility-specific dietary needs including allergen restrictions and whole-grain mandates.

Issuing bodies soliciting under this code span school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, State of Georgia for general food and kitchen supplies), and county boards of education. Recent opportunities show dried fruit and similar specialty commodities embedded in multi-thousand-line-item IFB and ITB solicitations with response dates concentrated in June 2026 — Bridgeport's grocery items IFB (June 30, 2026), Hancock County fresh-produce IFB (June 26, 2026), and Georgia's food-supplies IFB (June 22, 2026). Geographic activity centers on the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut) and Texas, with school nutrition programs and state-supported living facilities as the primary end users. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission opportunity noted a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million for food and consumables across all items, and Hillsborough County's senior meal services ITB carries an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million, though these totals span all food products, not dried apricots alone.