UNSPSC 50532906: Dried non GMO halawi/halawy dates

The variety of non GMO dates known as non GMO halawi/halawy 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 50532906 Dried non-GMO halawi/halawy dates is a Commodity code that sits at the most granular level of the taxonomy, yet state and local procurement activity under this code shows no recent solicitations directly purchasing the product. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts across multiple states — all of which procure broad grocery portfolios, fresh produce, and meal services rather than specialty dried dates. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education's June 2026 grocery RFP, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's El Paso facility food procurement, Hillsborough County's senior meal delivery contract (valued at $17.8 million over three years), and school district fresh produce and food supply RFPs in Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, and Mississippi all address institutional food sourcing at scale, but none isolate dried halawi dates as a line item or focus area.

The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Bridgeport, Fairfax County, Meriden, Savannah-Chatham, Bulloch County, Douglas County, Pascagoula-Gautier, Hancock County) and county or state food-service authorities (Hillsborough County, Texas HHSC), with occasional city-level procurement (Dallas, City of Meriden). Geographic activity centers on Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Texas, and Mississippi. The contract values where disclosed range from $1.5 million (Texas HHSC historical) to $17.8 million (Hillsborough County senior meals) and $9 million (Douglas County food supply). However, the specific commodity — dried non-GMO halawi dates — does not appear as a distinct procurement target in any posted solicitation; these opportunities treat food sourcing as integrated commodity bundles subject to nutritional standards, Buy American compliance, HACCP food safety plans, and firm-fixed pricing. A vendor pursuing this code should recognize that state and local procurement activity under 50532906 is currently dormant or subsumed within broader grocery and produce RFPs that do not isolate specialty dried dates as a standalone requirement.