UNSPSC 50532801: Dried non GMO hudson bay currants

The variety of non GMO currants known as non GMO hudson bay currants 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 50532801 Dried non-GMO Hudson Bay currants, a Commodity code, represents a narrow agricultural product line within state and local school nutrition and institutional food service procurement. State and local governments procure this code as part of broader dried fruit or commodity ingredient sourcing for child nutrition programs, institutional meal services, and food service operations, though the recent opportunities block shows no direct solicitations exclusively for dried currants. Instead, the code appears incidentally within much larger food-service or commodity procurement activities that span multiple ingredient categories. Issuing bodies soliciting broadly under agricultural commodity codes include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state-supported living centers), and county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida). These entities typically source dried fruits and other commodity ingredients as line items within comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, or food-supply contracts rather than as standalone procurements.

Geographic activity over the past four months spans Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida, reflecting school nutrition programs operating under the National School Lunch Program and Buy American Provision requirements (51 percent minimum domestic agricultural content for processed products). Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services with responses due June 30, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products at El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical contract value of $1.5 million annually; Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce across 200-plus line items with delivery to three school sites and responses due June 26, 2026; and the State of Georgia's May 2026 solicitation for food, supplies, and other kitchen products due June 22, 2026. None of the recent opportunities specifically name dried currants as a discrete line item, indicating that dried non-GMO Hudson Bay currants when purchased likely appear as part of larger commodity or ingredient contracts managed under aggregate sourcing strategies rather than as independent purchasing activities.