UNSPSC 50533416: Dried non GMO black seedless grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO black seedless 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 50533416 Dried non-GMO black seedless grapes is a Commodity code, but the source shows little purchasing activity aligned with the code's specific scope. The recent state and local opportunities tagged under this code predominantly solicit broad food and consumable products for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food service, rather than dried grapes or specialty dried fruit as discrete line items. The City of Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumables at an El Paso state-supported living center (with a prior-period value of $1.5 million), Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 fresh-produce IFB, Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery ($17.8 million over three years), the State of Georgia's May 2026 food and kitchen products procurement, and Pascagoula-Gautier School District's April 2026 packaged meal-box bid all treat food as bundled commodity categories rather than isolating dried-fruit SKUs. When dried grapes appear in these solicitations, they are embedded as minor line items within broader breakfast cereals, snack, or side-dish categories subject to Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards and Buy American provision requirements (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed products).

Issuing bodies across recent opportunities include school districts (Bridgeport, Hancock County, Pascagoula-Gautier), a county commission (Hillsborough County, Florida), a state health and human services agency (Texas HHSC), and a state procurement authority (Georgia). The geographic spread spans Florida, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Connecticut. Buy American provisions, HACCP plans, nutritional labeling compliance, and firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges are consistent across school-based and institutional procurements. Vendors typically must maintain commercial general liability and products liability insurance ($1 million to $2 million per occurrence) and submit detailed compliance documentation including USDA statements, state health inspections, and conflict-of-interest forms. The code shows no standalone dried-grape solicitations in the recent pipeline; pursuit under this Commodity code requires identifying opportunities where dried grapes are explicitly itemized rather than absorbed into broader food categories.