UNSPSC 50532104: Dried non GMO oval-leaved bilberries

The variety of non GMO billberries known as non GMO oval-leaved bilberries 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 50532104 Dried non-GMO oval-leaved bilberries is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity in recent state and local contracting. The code's nominal scope—specialty dried fruit products with organic or non-GMO designations—does not align with the recent solicitation activity recorded under it. State and local government food procurement focuses overwhelmingly on broad-based grocery supply, fresh produce, meal preparation, and food service distribution rather than discrete specialty ingredients like dried bilberries. School districts, county education systems, state agencies, and municipal purchasing offices buy packaged meals, fresh produce by the case, bulk grocery staples, and complete food service contracts; they do not typically solicit line items for individual specialty dried fruits.

Recent opportunities tagged under this code span school nutrition programs across Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida; state food supply operations in Texas and Georgia; senior meal services in Florida; and municipal catering in Dallas—but none explicitly solicit dried bilberries or comparable specialty dried fruit products. The Bridgeport Board of Education RFP (BNB052266), Hancock County Schools fresh produce bid (PE67080NONST2027000000013), and Bulloch County Schools nutrition bid (PE55612NONST2027000000033) span thousands of line items of conventional groceries and produce; dried specialty fruits are absent. The mismatch suggests either a coding error at the issuing jurisdiction or that dried bilberries are embedded as a minor line item within much larger food supply RFPs that the source does not itemize at the commodity level. Vendors pursuing this code should verify with issuing bodies whether dried bilberries are actually specified in their nutrition programs before investing in bid preparation, as the recent record shows no substantive market activity for this product class in state and local procurement.