UNSPSC 50531702: Dried non GMO baby bananas

The variety of non GMO bananas known as non GMO baby bananas 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 50531702 Dried non-GMO baby bananas, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with this specific dried fruit product line. The recent opportunities tagged under this code predominantly solicit comprehensive grocery, food service, and fresh produce contracts that span dozens or hundreds of line items across multiple food categories—breakfast items, frozen goods, dairy, condiments, fresh vegetables, fruits, and proteins—rather than dried baby bananas as a standalone procurement focus. State and local buyers posting under this code include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut; Fairfax County, Bulloch County, Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County school systems in Georgia; Mississippi's Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county and city agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida; City of Dallas; City of Meriden in Connecticut), and state-level health and human services bodies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; State of Georgia). School nutrition programs and institutional food service emerge as the dominant issuing-body categories, with meal preparation and delivery services, senior meal programs, and child nutrition summer food service programs also represented.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, with particular concentration in Georgia school district nutrition solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases soliciting over 1,100 grocery line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department under IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools issuing a Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323) with sealed bids due April 27, 2026, requiring delivery to 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens; and the Douglas County School System issuing RFP SN26-003 for food supply and distribution across 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000 (sealed proposals due February 18, 2026). None of these solicitations isolate dried baby bananas as a commodity line; all frame procurement at the master grocery or comprehensive food supply level, where dried bananas would compete as one item among many within broader supplier relationships. Vendors pursuing this code should recognize that state and local demand clusters around full-service food supply distribution to institutional food service operations rather than specialty dried fruit as a standalone product category.