UNSPSC 50532210: Dried non GMO northblue blueberries

The variety of non GMO blueberries known as non GMO northblue 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 50532210 Dried non-GMO northblue blueberries, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities record. The code's narrow product specification—a single dried fruit commodity—does not match the broad food-service procurement patterns documented in recent solicitations, which span comprehensive grocery and produce supply contracts for school districts, county health and human services agencies, and municipal governments. The recent opportunities show state and local procurement offices buying entire categories of food products—fresh produce, dairy, meats, grains, beverages, condiments, and prepared meals—through master grocery agreements, food-service term contracts, and nutrition program suppliers, not individual dried-fruit SKUs. The code appears to have been assigned to several of these opportunities as a catch-all or secondary classifier rather than as the primary commodity being sourced, and the specificity of "northblue blueberries" does not appear anywhere in the solicitation language or scope descriptions.

Recent activity spans school nutrition programs (Fairfax County Public Schools, Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Schools, Bulloch County Schools, Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, and Douglas County School System in Georgia), county health authorities (Hillsborough County, Florida providing senior meals estimated at $17.8 million over three years), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission supplying a state-supported living center with an estimated $1.5 million prior-year spend), and municipal governments (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases for school nutrition, City of Dallas for catering). Issuing bodies range from school districts with dedicated food-service purchasing to specialized nutrition programs and aging-services divisions. The geographic spread covers Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (multiple districts and state level), Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery procurement (IFB BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, requiring Buy American compliance and 1,100-plus line items across breakfast, frozen, and prepared foods), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumables solicitation for El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), the Hillsborough County senior meal preparation and delivery contract (ITB 26-00289, due June 25, 2026, valued at $17.8 million over three years), and the Douglas County School System's fresh produce and eggs cooperative procurement through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP SN 26-004, due March 4, 2026, serving 30 districts with estimated annual spend of $5.5 million across two geographic areas). The code's assignment to these large, multi-item food-service contracts suggests either misclassification at the commodity level or use as a secondary tag for procurement offices that do not consistently align their taxonomy coding to actual line-item contents.