UNSPSC 50533300: Dried non GMO grapefruits

The type of large citrus fruit with a bitter yellow rind and inner skin and a highly flavored somewhat acid juicy pulp produced by a small roundheaded tree (citrus paradisi) 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 50533300 Dried non-GMO grapefruits, a Class code, shows minimal recent activity in state and local procurement aligned with its specific commodity scope. The single recent opportunity tagged to this code is the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery procurement (BNB052266) for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, but that solicitation spans over 1,100 line items across breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and meat products—a comprehensive school food service contract that only incidentally includes dried or fresh citrus as one component among many. The remaining opportunities in the dataset—fresh produce buys for school districts and state facilities, comprehensive grocery contracts, meal delivery services, and USDA commodity distribution—are similarly broad-based food service procurements that touch produce or specialty items but do not isolate dried non-GMO grapefruits as a targeted line item or procurement focus.

State and local buyers pursuing this code are primarily school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham County, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County) and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), with county commissioners and municipalities supporting meal services for seniors and institutional dining. Recent solicitations have emphasized Buy American compliance, HACCP food safety certification, nutritional label requirements, and firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges. Geographic spread includes Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Specific dried grapefruit procurement appears absent from current state and local RFPs and IFBs; vendors seeking to compete in this space should expect to bid these products as part of larger grocery, produce, or commodity-supply frameworks rather than as standalone line items, and activity remains limited.