UNSPSC 50531902: Dried non GMO red bearberries

The variety of non GMO bearberries known as non GMO red bearberries 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 50531902 Dried non-GMO red bearberries is a Commodity code that nominally names a specialized dried fruit product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code do not reflect procurement of dried bearberries or similar specialty ingredients. Instead, the solicitations span broad food service categories—school nutrition groceries, fresh produce, senior meal delivery, and institutional food supply—where dried berries, if procured at all, would be minor line items within much larger comprehensive food contracts. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System) and county or municipal entities (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, City of Dallas, City of Meriden), with one state health agency (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). The school-nutrition segment dominates the recent activity, with procurement offices using standardized cooperative purchasing vehicles and RFP/RFQ/IFB notice types to solicit multi-category food supply contracts tied to federal child nutrition program compliance.

The geographic spread centers on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic—Florida (Hillsborough County), Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County), Connecticut (Meriden), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Virginia (Fairfax County)—with activity also in Texas (Dallas, El Paso state facility). Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for 1,100+ grocery line items (response due June 30, 2026) spanning breakfast, cereals, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, and fruits under federal Buy American requirements; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce across 200+ items with firm pricing and 48-hour delivery to multiple school sites (response due June 26, 2026); Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years (response due June 25, 2026); and Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution across 32 schools with estimated annual expenditure of $9,000,000 (response due February 18, 2026, now closed). The code shows significant mismatch between its nominal commodity definition and actual buying patterns; business development professionals should treat this classification as a data-quality signal and focus instead on the broad school nutrition and institutional food supply segments documented in the recent opportunities.