UNSPSC 50533637: Dried non GMO palomino grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO palomino 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 50533637 Dried non-GMO palomino grapes (Commodity) represents a narrowly defined produce item that state and local governments procure as part of broader school nutrition and food service contracts. The code appears in recent opportunities primarily as one line item within large multi-category food and grocery solicitations. Work under the code spans the supply of dried grapes meeting non-GMO and USDA agricultural commodity standards to school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food facilities. Issuing bodies include city school districts (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier, Mississippi), county school nutrition departments, state health and human services agencies operating residential facilities (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and county boards of commissioners managing senior nutrition programs (Hillsborough County, Florida). The commodity sits within larger food service contracts that typically specify domestic agricultural content minimums (often 51 percent for processed items), compliance with the National School Lunch Program and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, delivery to central warehouses or multiple school sites on standard pallets, firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, and blind product testing by facility personnel.

Geographic activity spans Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas based on recent opportunities posted between April and June 2026. Representative solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery items RFQ (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with deliveries to a central warehouse and school sites, Texas HHSC's food and consumable products IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) valued at approximately $1.5 million annually, Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB for school year 2027 (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) with over 200 produce line items, and Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB (ITB-26-00289, due June 25, 2026) estimated at $17,832,659.90 over three years. Dried palomino grapes appear as component items within these larger procurements rather than as standalone solicitations.