UNSPSC 50534305: Dried non GMO early red loquats

The variety of non GMO loquats known as non GMO early red loquats 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 50534305 Dried non-GMO early red loquats is a Commodity code. State and local governments rarely procure dried loquats directly; the code appears in practice only through broad grocery solicitations that enumerate hundreds of line items across produce, proteins, dairy, and staples without isolating individual specialty fruit products. The recent opportunities block shows no dedicated loquat purchase—the code's presence reflects incidental tagging within master grocery or fresh produce contracts where loquats may appear as one item among many. School districts, county boards of education, state agencies, and municipal procurement offices issue these grocery bids to supply cafeterias, nutrition programs, and food service operations, but loquats (dried or fresh) are not a material or recurring category in the solicitations reviewed. Procurement offices do not organize RFPs, RFQs, or IFBs around specialty dried fruits; instead, vendors respond to comprehensive line-item lists covering apples, berries, carrots, frozen vegetables, dairy, and proteins. When dried fruit does appear, it is typically a minor SKU within a much larger produce or grocery contract.

The geographic spread of grocery and food service procurement spans Florida, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, Virginia, Mississippi, and other states, with the heaviest recent activity in school-district nutrition programs across Georgia and municipal/county systems in Florida and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (due April 27, 2026) seeking 76+ grocery line items for delivery to 45 schools; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (due June 26, 2026) covering 200+ items including specialty produce for July 2026–June 2027 supply; and Douglas County School System's food supply RFP (due February 18, 2026) for approximately $9 million in annual food and cold-storage services. Texas Health and Human Services Commission's procurement for El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026) and Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services (due June 25, 2026, estimated at $17.8 million over three years) show similar scale. Unless a vendor specializes in dried-loquat supply to institutional food service, this code presents minimal opportunity signal; the broader grocery and fresh-produce family codes (50530000 level and above) capture actual purchasing activity.