UNSPSC 50532015: Dried non GMO youngberries

The variety of non GMO blackberries known as non GMO youngberries 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 50532015 Dried non-GMO youngberries is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned to its scope. The single representative solicitation tagging this code—Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items bid (BNB052266, IFB, due June 30, 2026)—covers over 1,100 line items spanning breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snacks, and meat products for the National School Lunch Program, but does not itemize dried youngberries as a standalone commodity. The remaining opportunities in the source—fresh produce contracts from Hancock County Schools (Georgia), Douglas County Schools (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia), and Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut); grocery supply from Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) and Bulloch County Schools (Georgia); food and consumables from Texas Health and Human Services Commission and Hillsborough County (Florida); and meal delivery from Dallas and Meriden—address broader fresh and frozen produce, general grocery supply, and meal service categories rather than dried specialty berries. School nutrition programs and institutional food service drive the bulk of activity, with state and local education agencies as the primary issuing bodies, but the code itself shows no clear market for dried non-GMO youngberries as a line item.

The geographic spread of recent procurement spans Georgia (multiple school districts and state-level fresh produce solicitations), Florida (Hillsborough County), Connecticut (Bridgeport and Meriden), Virginia (Fairfax County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and Texas (Dallas and El Paso state facilities). State departments, school districts, counties, and special-purpose institutional providers (state-supported living centers) all solicit food service contracts under general grocery and produce codes. The code itself remains dormant for dried youngberries; vendors pursuing school nutrition, institutional food service, or state commodity supply should evaluate entry through broader fresh and processed produce families rather than this narrow specialty commodity code.