UNSPSC 50533601: Dried non GMO alicante bouschet grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO alicante bouschet 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 50533601 Dried non-GMO Alicante Bouschet grapes (Commodity) shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's nominal scope. The six recent opportunities in the block span school district nutrition programs, senior meal services, state institutional food supply, and county educational food contracting — none of which explicitly reference dried specialty grapes as a line item. The Bridgeport Board of Education grocery RFP lists over 1,100 line items across breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, and dairy with Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act compliance required; Hancock County Schools' fresh produce IFB names over 200 fresh produce line items by variety (apples, berries, cruciferous vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits) but does not itemize dried grapes; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center covers food and consumable products under NIGP Class/Item numbers 380, 385, 390, and 393 without specification detail. Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services contract (estimated value $17.8 million over three years) and Pascagoula-Gautier School District's Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program Packaged Meal Boxes likewise do not name dried specialty grapes in their public summaries.

The recent opportunities span Connecticut (Bridgeport), Texas (El Paso), Georgia (statewide), Florida (Hillsborough County), Mississippi (Pascagoula), and Georgia again (Hancock County), representing school districts, county boards, state health and human services agencies, and county commissioners. All six opportunities carry Buy American provisions (51 percent domestic agricultural content minimum where applicable) and firm fixed pricing with restricted or prohibited fuel surcharges. The code appears to track as a taxonomy classification rather than as an active procurement category in current state and local activity; dried specialty wine-grape products do not feature in public bid summaries of school nutrition programs, senior meal services, or institutional food supply. Inquiries should verify whether individual school districts or food-service jurisdictions include dried specialty grapes as discretionary line items within broader produce or consumable RFPs, or whether this commodity is procured primarily through private channels or specialty food vendors outside public competitive bidding.