UNSPSC 50533449: Dried non GMO kyoho grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO kyoho 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 50533449 Dried non-GMO kyoho grapes is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect sourcing of dried kyoho grapes specifically. The opportunities tagged with this code span broad food and meal service procurement—grocery supply contracts for school districts, senior meal services, fresh produce delivery, and consumable products for institutional food service—rather than a single specialty dried fruit product line. State and local governments are sourcing these commodities primarily through school nutrition programs, aging services, and institutional food operations, but dried non-GMO kyoho grapes do not appear as a line item or focus in any of the recent solicitations. The code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity are misaligned, suggesting either miscoding in the state and local systems or that dried kyoho grapes, if procured at all, are bundled into larger master grocery or produce contracts rather than solicited as a standalone commodity.

The recent opportunities cluster heavily in school nutrition procurement and general institutional food service. Issuing bodies include state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), large suburban and urban school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Connecticut; Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Hancock County Board of Education, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Georgia; Bulloch County Board of Education, Georgia; Meriden Public Schools, Connecticut; Douglas County School System, Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County, Florida; Douglas County, Georgia), municipal governments (City of Dallas, Texas; City of Meriden, Connecticut; City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), and multi-district cooperatives (GEC Buying Cooperative). The most recent and substantial opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026, covering 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens), the City of Bridgeport's grocery items IFB for the Board of Education (due June 30, 2026, with over 1,100 line items), Meriden Public Schools' RFP for groceries and USDA Foods (contract value approximately $3.1 million for 2026–2027, due February 25, 2026), and Douglas County School System's RFP for food supply and distribution (estimated annual expenditure $9 million, proposals due February 18, 2026). Fresh produce procurement appears in several dedicated solicitations, including Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) and the State of Georgia's IFB for fresh produce (due May 27, 2026). The geographic spread encompasses Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas, with the highest concentration of recent activity in Georgia and Connecticut school districts and state-level procurements. Given the code mismatch between the commodity name and actual procurement substance, pursue this code only if your firm supplies general grocery, fresh produce, or institutional food service; skip if your focus is specialty dried fruits or kyoho-grape-specific supply.