UNSPSC 50532511: Dried non GMO chapman cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO chapman cherries 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 50532511 Dried non-GMO Chapman cherries is a Commodity code that addresses a narrow product line within school food service and institutional meal programs; state and local governments rarely solicit this product as a standalone item, and the recent opportunities block contains no bids explicitly requesting dried cherries. The code sits downstream of a broader food procurement universe where state departments, county boards of education, county health authorities, and special-purpose districts procure groceries, fresh produce, and prepared meals to support National School Lunch Program compliance, senior nutrition services, and state-supported living facilities. Recent solicitations in the broader space show issuing bodies managing thousands of line items across protein, produce, dairy, and specialty items—with nutritional standards, Buy American content thresholds (typically 51% domestic agricultural ingredients in processed goods), HACCP and food-safety documentation, and firm fixed pricing over twelve-month contract periods.

The geographic spread of recent food-service procurement spans Connecticut (Bridgeport Board of Education), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission), Georgia (Hancock County Board of Education), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and state-level Georgia purchasing. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's grocery-items RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026, covering over 1,100 line items for school food service with Net 45 payment terms and blind product testing), Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026, spanning 200+ produce line items with firm pricing and delivery to three school sites), and Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026, valued at $17.8 million over three years). The Commodity code itself shows little direct recent activity; vendors pursuing this category should monitor broader school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs and IFBs where dried fruit line items appear as part of larger specialty-items or snacks components.