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 is a Commodity code that nominally specifies a single produce item, but the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show little activity directly aligned with that narrow product scope. The six recent solicitations tagged with this code span broad food procurement across school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply — ranging from over 1,100 line-item grocery contracts to fresh-produce bids covering dozens of apple varieties, berries, and vegetables, to prepared meal services. None of the postings explicitly name wintergreen barberries as a requested item. Issuing bodies include 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 agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and school nutrition programs operating under federal child nutrition statutes and Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items.

Activity is concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest, with recent postings from Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi across June 2026 and one April 2026 posting. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's June 30, 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program with firm pricing through June 30, 2027; Hancock County Board of Education's June 26, 2026 IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple apple varieties, berries, and cruciferous vegetables with delivery to three school locations; and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' June 25, 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years requiring caterers on the Florida Department of Elderly Affairs Adult Care Food Program Caterer List. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a specific dried produce item) and the actual procurement activity (broad food categories and meal services) suggests this code may be a catch-all or default tag in state and local systems rather than a precise commodity classifier for wintergreen barberries specifically.