UNSPSC 50532605: Dried non GMO diamante citrons

The variety of non GMO citrons known as non GMO diamante citrons 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 50532605 Dried non GMO diamante citrons is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure dried citron products as part of broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts that span produce, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods. The recent opportunities supporting this code show that citron and other specialty dried fruits appear as line items within larger food-service RFPs and IFBs targeting school districts, county boards of education, state health agencies, and county commissioners. Issuers include school nutrition departments seeking ingredients for the National School Lunch Program and institutional food services for state-supported living centers and senior meal programs. The scope spans fresh and processed produce procurement, with citron appearing alongside commodity fruits, vegetables, and specialty items in itemized catalogs of 200 or more line items per solicitation. Vendors must typically meet Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items), provide HACCP plans, submit nutritional analyses and product formulations, and comply with Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards where applicable.

Recent activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with documented solicitations from Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi between April and June 2026. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 on June 30, 2026, for grocery items spanning 1,100 line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education, with delivery to a central warehouse and school sites on a firm fixed-price basis through June 2027. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia posted IFB SN002-2027 on June 10, 2026, for fresh produce across 200 line items due June 26, 2026, requiring firm pricing and three-location delivery through June 2027. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 on June 11, 2026, for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with a historical contract value of $1.5 million and a response deadline of July 13, 2026. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued ITB-26-00289 on June 3, 2026, for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90 and a bid due date of June 25, 2026. Code activity remains moderate; not all recent produce-oriented solicitations explicitly name citron, and the code appears to draw opportunistically from larger institutional food-service procurements rather than generating standalone specialty-citron tenders.