UNSPSC 50532903: Dried non GMO deglet noor dates

The variety of non GMO dates known as non GMO deglet noor dates 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 50532903 Dried non-GMO deglet noor dates is a Commodity code that nominally names a single food ingredient, yet the recent state and local procurement record shows little solicitation activity directly matching this specific product line. The code appears in a broad portfolio of school nutrition and institutional food service contracts, but the actual opportunities being posted by state departments, county boards of education, transit authorities, and municipal purchasing offices span full grocery baskets, fresh produce, prepared meals, and general food-service supplies—not dried dates in isolation. When the code does surface in procurement databases, it typically sits as one line item within much larger food-service RFPs and IFBs rather than as a standalone or feature category. State and local buyers that do solicit under this code tend to be K–12 school nutrition programs operating under National School Lunch Program compliance frameworks, state health and human services agencies managing institutional food service for state-supported living centers and senior meal programs, and county purchasing offices coordinating multi-vendor food supply contracts.

Recent activity shows scattered geographic spread across the South and Northeast. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases posted a grocery items IFB in June 2026 with response due June 30 for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, spanning over 1,100 line items including dried fruits and requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content under Buy American provisions. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 in June 2026 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with response due July 13. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce for the 2026–27 school year under IFB SN002-2027 with response due June 26. The State of Georgia posted a broader food, supplies, and other kitchen products solicitation on May 15 with response due June 22. These opportunities reveal that state and local demand under this code clusters around institutional and school food service rather than specialty ingredient procurement, and activity does not concentrate in any single region. Buyers typically issue annual or multi-year contracts with firm fixed pricing, prepaid freight delivery on standard pallets, USDA compliance documentation, and nutritional standard adherence.