UNSPSC 50533639: Dried non GMO petite sirah grapes

The variety of non GMO wine grapes known as non GMO petite sirah 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 50533639 Dried non-GMO petite sirah grapes, a Commodity code, does not map to recent state and local procurement activity. The code names a single specialty agricultural product — dried petite sirah grapes meeting non-GMO certification standards — yet the most recent state and local opportunities posted under this code classify and solicit broad food supply and nutrition services (fresh produce portfolios, comprehensive grocery supply for school districts, senior meal preparation and delivery, and packaged meal programs for government events). These opportunities treat the code as a catch-all for general food procurement rather than dried specialty grapes, signaling a taxonomy mismatch between how state and local agencies tag their food-service solicitations and what the UNSPSC Commodity code nominally describes.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi; Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System in Georgia; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida; Douglas County School System in Georgia), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; State of Georgia), municipalities (City of Bridgeport in Connecticut; City of Dallas in Texas), and special-purpose entities (Douglas County School System via GEC Buying Cooperative). Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast — Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, and Connecticut — with additional recent solicitations in Texas and Virginia. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases soliciting grocery items for school nutrition under IFB with a June 30, 2026 deadline; Hancock County Board of Education requesting fresh-produce bids (IFB #SN002-2027) due June 26, 2026; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issuing ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services due June 25, 2026 at an estimated $17.8 million over three years; and Fairfax County Public Schools posting Master Grocery K-12 term contract (IFB 2000004323) with an April 27, 2026 deadline. None of these solicitations target dried petite sirah grapes as a discrete line item.