UNSPSC 50533401: Dried non GMO alicante grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO alicante grapes 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 50533401 Dried non-GMO Alicante grapes, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line that appears rarely in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally designates a single dried-fruit product, but the recent opportunities block shows no active solicitations specifically requesting dried Alicante grapes. Instead, the six most recent postings under this code tag procurement for broad food-service categories—grocery items for school districts, fresh produce for nutrition programs, senior meal preparation and delivery, and packaged meal boxes—none of which explicitly mention dried grapes or dried fruit as line items. The mismatch between the code's specific product scope and the generic food-service solicitations tagged under it signals either tagging error at the jurisdictional level or that this UNSPSC category is not in active use for targeted dried-fruit procurement.

The issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), all pursuing nutrition programs and facility food service. Geographic activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi across the most recent six months. Because no solicitation in the recent-opportunities block specifically requests dried Alicante grapes or dried grapes generally, this code presents no clear pursuit opportunity at present; vendors in this category should monitor whether state and local nutrition program solicitations begin tagging dried-fruit line items more explicitly.