UNSPSC 50532209: Dried non GMO nelson blueberries

The variety of non GMO blueberries known as non GMO nelson blueberries 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 50532209 Dried non-GMO Nelson blueberries is a Commodity code that covers specialty dried fruit products sold into school nutrition, senior meal programs, and institutional food service operations. The code shows minimal direct activity in recent state and local procurement; none of the recent opportunities solicited dried blueberries by name. Instead, the code appears tagged on bulk grocery and produce solicitations where dried blueberries may be one line item among hundreds—school districts and counties procure them as part of master grocery contracts or comprehensive fresh and processed produce bids rather than as standalone commodity buys. The issuing bodies are primarily school districts and county boards of education managing child nutrition programs, along with state health and human services agencies operating congregate meal services for seniors and state-supported living centers.

Recent opportunities show dried blueberries embedded in much larger procurement scopes: the Bridgeport Board of Education's 1,100-line-item grocery bid (IFB, due June 30, 2026), the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs spanning 72 line items across 30 districts (RFP, due March 4, 2026), the Savannah-Chatham County School System's fresh produce contract covering 72 items including berries (sealed bid, due April 23, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumables bid for a state-supported living center (IFB, due July 13, 2026). Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch County, and state-level solicitations) and extends to Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia school districts. Because the code does not surface as a standalone procurement vehicle and dried blueberries compete within broader commodity categories subject to Buy American requirements and firm fixed pricing, vendors should expect to bid volume pricing on multiple product lines rather than blueberries alone and should monitor school nutrition RFPs and IFBs across southeastern and mid-Atlantic states where the recent activity clusters.