UNSPSC 50533451: Dried non GMO lady finger grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO lady finger 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 50533451 Dried non-GMO lady finger grapes is a Commodity code for a specific dried-fruit product, but recent state and local procurement activity under this code does not reflect purchases of dried lady finger grapes. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span broad food service and nutrition procurement — school district meal contracts, senior meal services, institutional food supply agreements, and fresh produce for school nutrition programs. The actual buying under this code centers on full-scope meal service, fresh produce, grocery staples, and prepared foods for school lunch programs and elderly-care facilities, not specialty dried fruits. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners, state health and human services agencies, and independent school nutrition programs. Repeat activity appears in school district nutrition contracts across multiple states, with substantial three-year and annual food-service agreements as the dominant procurement pattern.

Recent opportunities span Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases seeking bids on over 1,100 line items of grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services through IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting bids for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center under IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026, with estimated prior-year spend of $1.5 million); Hancock County Board of Education requesting fresh produce bids under IFB #SN002-2027 for over 200 line items across multiple produce categories (due June 26, 2026); and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners seeking senior meal preparation and delivery services throughout the county under ITB-26-00289 (due June 25, 2026, with estimated contract value of $17.8 million over three years). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition compliance appear consistently across school district solicitations. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity suggests the code is being misapplied in state and local systems to capture broader meal and food-service categories rather than dried-fruit specialty items specifically.