UNSPSC 50533606: Dried non GMO carignane grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO carignane 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 50533606 Dried non GMO carignane grapes is a Commodity code that represents a narrow agricultural product line, yet the state and local opportunities tagged under it span a much broader food-procurement landscape. The recent solicitations are tagged to this code but show little to no purchasing activity for dried carignane grapes specifically; instead, they capture general food service contracting by school districts, county governments, state agencies, and municipal procurement offices. The actual work being solicited—fresh produce, breakfast and lunch items, senior meals, school nutrition products, and kitchen supplies—falls well outside the scope of a single dried-grape commodity. This mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the real purchasing activity it captures suggests the code sees little material procurement activity under its intended definition at the state and local level.

The issuing bodies in the recent-opportunities block are school districts (Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Bridgeport Board of Education), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and municipal purchasing departments (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases). Geographic activity spans Florida, Georgia, Texas, Connecticut, Mississippi, and other states, but none of the four detailed opportunities—an IFB for fresh produce from Hancock County Schools (due June 26, 2026), an IFB for senior meal services from Hillsborough County (estimated value $17.8 million, due June 25, 2026), an RFQ for school nutrition products from Bridgeport (due June 30, 2026), and an IFB for state-supported living center food products from Texas HHS (due July 11, 2026)—involves dried carignane grapes as a line item or contract focus. The code appears inactive for its intended commodity and should be considered a procurement signal weak to inactive for vendors supplying this specific product.