UNSPSC 50532709: Dried non GMO searless cranberries

The variety of non GMO cranberries known as non GMO searless cranberries 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 50532709 Dried non-GMO seedless cranberries is a Commodity code. State and local governments procure dried cranberries primarily as ingredients within large-scale food service contracts that cover broad grocery or fresh-produce categories for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply. The code appears in mixed contexts—sometimes as a line item within multi-category grocery RFPs spanning breakfast items, condiments, and snack products; sometimes embedded in produce or fresh-food categories that nominally exclude processed items. The issuing bodies are school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners managing senior services, and state health agencies operating institutional food facilities. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural ingredient content appear consistently across school nutrition solicitations, and blind sample testing by school personnel and laboratory technicians is standard practice for nutritional and sensory compliance.

Recent activity centers in the Southeast and Texas. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued RFP BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items including dried cranberries for the Bridgeport Board of Education with a response deadline of June 30, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a response deadline of July 13, 2026 and a prior-year historical value of $1.5 million; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 deadline; and Hillsborough County in Florida sought senior meal preparation and delivery services under ITB-26-00289 with a three-year estimated value of $17,832,659.90. The Georgia State Procurement office also posted a food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation PE55645NONST2026000000009 with a June 22, 2026 deadline. These opportunities cluster in Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, reflecting geographically distributed institutional and school food service demand rather than concentrated regional procurement.