UNSPSC 50531804: Dried non GMO wintergreen barberries

The variety of non GMO barberries known as non GMO wintergreen barberries 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 50531804 Dried non-GMO wintergreen barberries (Commodity) does not reflect the actual scope of work being solicited under this code in recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span comprehensive school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts that encompass hundreds of line items across fresh produce, frozen products, dairy, meats, grains, beverages, condiments, and prepared meals — none of which center on or specifically include dried wintergreen barberries. The mismatch between the code's nominal commodity specification and the opportunities it is tagged to suggests either a data-entry error in the underlying procurement systems or that this code is being used as a catch-all placeholder for broader food-service provisioning rather than as a precision taxonomy marker for a specialized dried-fruit item.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code code include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Hancock County Board of Education, Douglas County School System, and Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county governments (Hillsborough County, Douglas County), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and municipal procurement offices. Recent opportunities are concentrated in the Southeast, with active solicitations in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items with a July 1, 2026 contract start and firm pricing through June 30, 2027; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical value of $1.5 million and proposals due July 13, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce across 200+ line items with sealed bids due June 26, 2026; and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract spanning 45 schools and distribution kitchens with an April 27, 2026 bid deadline. The code shows no recent activity specifically targeting dried non-GMO wintergreen barberries as a standalone procurement category.