UNSPSC 50533430: Dried non GMO emerald seedless grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO emerald 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 50533430 Dried non-GMO emerald seedless grapes, a Commodity code, covers raisin and dried-grape products that state and local governments procure primarily as components of broader grocery and food-service contracts rather than as standalone line items. Recent state and local solicitations show this code appearing within large food-supply agreements for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food operations, where dried grapes typically compete alongside other dried fruits and snacks within comprehensive food procurement frameworks. School districts and counties dominate the issuing-body mix, with representative recent opportunities including Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026), which encompasses over 1,000 grocery line items across 45 elementary, middle, and high schools plus distribution kitchens; Bulloch County Board of Education's school nutrition grocery bid (IFB #043025, due May 4, 2026), spanning food products across multiple categories; and Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA Foods procurement (RFP 026-41, $3.1 million estimated value for 2026–2027, due February 25, 2026). State nutrition departments and special-purpose cooperative purchasing vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative also solicit under this family; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, for example, issued IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, historical value $1.5 million annually).

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast—particularly Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia—where school districts and regional nutrition authorities are actively sourcing groceries and fresh produce ahead of the July 2026 school-year start and into 2027. Dried-grape items appear as commodity-line entries within these multi-category solicitations rather than as dedicated procurements, typically evaluated on price and specification compliance alongside competing dried-fruit offerings. Buy American and nutritional-compliance requirements (including Child Nutrition Labels, whole-grain mandates, and sodium limits per the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act) are standard across school-nutrition solicitations. No recent solicitation in the source material names dried emerald seedless grapes as a standalone item or as a category receiving disproportionate volume; the code's activity signal reflects participation in large master-grocery and food-service distribution contracts where margin pressure and commodity-style pricing are the norm. Vendors pursuing this code should focus on school-district and regional cooperative purchasing vehicles, maintain Buy American compliance documentation, and position dried grapes as cost-competitive commodity options within broader food-service proposals rather than as specialty products.