UNSPSC 50532007: Dried non GMO jostaberries

The variety of non GMO blackberries known as non GMO jostaberries 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 50532007 Dried non-GMO jostaberries is a Commodity code that does not align with current state and local procurement activity. The six recent opportunities posted between April and June 2026 and tagged with this code all solicit general grocery items, fresh produce, meal preparation and delivery services, or packaged meal boxes—none of which involve dried jostaberries or specialty dried fruits. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 RFQ for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumables at a state supported living center (valued at $1.5 million for the prior 12-month period), Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce, and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District's April 2026 sealed-bid solicitation for packaged 7-day meal boxes represent the breadth of what is actually being bought under this code tag. All these opportunities emphasize Buy American domestic agricultural content, HACCP compliance, nutritional standards compliance (particularly Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act standards in school food service), firm fixed pricing without fuel surcharges, and delivery to school sites or institutional facilities.

State and local buyers soliciting under this code are school districts, county governments, and state health and human services agencies across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, with the most recent activity concentrated in Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, and Connecticut. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued a three-year senior meal preparation and delivery ITB valued at $17.8 million, requiring licensed and permitted caterers on the Florida Department of Elderly Affairs Adult Care Food Program Caterer List, with pricing subject to annual CPI-U adjustments and comprehensive insurance requirements. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (dried jostaberries) and the actual solicitations (broad food service and fresh produce procurement) signals that either the code was misapplied at posting or that the code database contains no specific line-item tracking for specialty dried fruits in state and local institutional food service. Firms pursuing food service supply contracts should monitor school nutrition and county social services RFPs and IFBs directly rather than relying on this code to surface jostaberry-specific opportunities.