UNSPSC 50531647: Dried non GMO royal orange apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO royal orange 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 50531647 Dried non-GMO royal orange apricots is a Commodity code covering specific dried fruit products procured by state and local governments primarily as ingredients for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. The recent solicitations show that state and local buyers rarely source this commodity as a standalone line item; instead, it typically appears as one of hundreds of line items within broader grocery, fresh produce, or food-and-consumables RFQs and IFBs serving school districts, state health and human services facilities, and county nutrition programs. When dried apricots are included in these solicitations, they must comply with Buy American Provision requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, allergen restrictions (no nuts or nut oils), and blind-testing protocols for color, texture, taste, and specification compliance. Issuing bodies span school districts of varying sizes, state health agencies administering institutional food service, and county boards of education managing child nutrition programs.

The recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with visible opportunities from the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the State of Georgia. The most concrete representative opportunity is the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB (BNB052266) for over 1,100 grocery line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department, with bids due June 30, 2026, requiring firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, Net 45 payment terms, and National School Lunch Program compliance. Hancock County Board of Education posted an IFB (SN002-2027) for fresh produce spanning over 200 line items for school year 2027, due June 26, 2026, with deliveries to three school sites and pricing firm through June 30, 2027. No dedicated solicitations for dried apricots alone were posted in the recent-opportunities block; the commodity appears as a potential line item within broader institutional food-service contracts rather than as a standalone procurement category driving current state and local activity.