UNSPSC 50531813: Dried non GMO warty barberries

The variety of non GMO barberries known as non GMO warty 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 50531813 Dried non GMO warty barberries is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, sees minimal direct demand as a standalone line item. Instead, the code appears within broader school nutrition and institutional food-service procurements where dried specialty produce, spices, and nontraditional ingredients are embedded in larger multi-line-item grocery or food-supply contracts. State and local governments soliciting under this code are primarily school districts and county education boards purchasing for child nutrition programs, alongside state health and human services agencies operating residential or congregate feeding facilities. The work involves sourcing specialty dried produce items that meet USDA Buy American provisions (typically 51 percent domestic agricultural content), Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and label compliance for school lunch programs, often bundled with hundreds of other food line items across breakfast cereals, condiments, vegetables, fruits, and snack products.

Recent activity appears concentrated in school districts across the Southeast and Texas, with representative solicitations including the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for over 1,100 grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (response due June 30, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with historical annual spend of $1.5 million (response due July 13, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB for the 2026-27 school year (response due June 26, 2026), and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District's bid for packaged meal boxes under the Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program (response due April 29, 2026). Vendors must typically provide HACCP plans, state health inspection records, complete nutritional analyses with ingredient panels, USDA compliance documentation, and maintain commercial general liability and products liability insurance at $1 million to $2 million per occurrence. The code shows no significant standalone demand; practitioners should view it as a component line item within larger food-service RFQs and IFBs rather than a primary procurement opportunity.