UNSPSC 50533405: Dried non GMO autumn royal grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO autumn royal 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 50533405 Dried non-GMO autumn royal grapes (Commodity) rarely appears in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's narrow product scope — a single varietal of dried fruit — does not align with the actual buying patterns in available solicitations, which span broad food-service categories including fresh produce, packaged meals, groceries, and meal preparation services. The issuing bodies soliciting under this or related food codes include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners). School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, driven by the National School Lunch Program and related federal child nutrition mandates.

Geographic activity appears concentrated in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic — recent opportunities posted from Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Connecticut, and Texas — with school districts and state purchasing offices as the primary issuing bodies. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases grocery-items RFP (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education with Buy American domestic-agricultural-content requirements; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB for 2026–27 (IFB #SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) covering over 200 line items of fresh fruits and vegetables; and the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026) estimated at $17.8 million over three years. The code shows little direct relevance to current state and local procurement activity; opportunities tagged to this commodity-level code appear to be miscategorized, as the available solicitations seek broad food-service supply and meal-preparation contracts rather than a specific dried-fruit product line.