UNSPSC 50533000: Dried non GMO dragonfruits

The type of non GMO fruit known as non GMO dragonfruit that has 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 50533000 Dried non-GMO dragonfruits is a Class code that does not match the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it. The code's nominal scope is a single dried commodity product, but the recent opportunities in the source all solicit broad food and meal services — groceries spanning 1,100 line items for school nutrition programs, fresh produce for school meal service, prepared senior meals with delivery, food and consumable products for state facilities, and packaged meal boxes for summer food service programs. None of these solicitations name dried non-GMO dragonfruits as a line item or scope element. The mismatch suggests either a classification error in the tagging of these opportunities or that the code is used by state and local procurement offices as a catchall category for produce and food items beyond its stated definition.

The issuing bodies include city school boards (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county-level agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), with school nutrition programs and senior meal services as the primary use cases. Recent opportunities are posted in Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi, with response dates clustered between late April and late June 2026. Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for grocery items with a June 30, 2026 deadline (over 1,100 line items, Buy American requirements, weekly delivery to schools), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 deadline (200+ line items across apple varieties, berries, vegetables, and specialty fruits), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumables with a July 11, 2026 deadline (prior contract value $1.5 million annually), and Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services with a June 25, 2026 deadline (estimated $17.8 million over three years). None of these opportunities explicitly reference dried dragonfruits as a procurement requirement.