UNSPSC 50534401: Dried non GMO clauselinas oranges

The variety of non GMO mandarin oranges and tangerines known as non GMO clauselinas oranges 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 50534401 Dried non-GMO clauselina oranges is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity appears tagged to a much broader set of food-service and grocery solicitations spanning fresh produce, packaged meals, and general food-supply contracts rather than dried citrus specifically. State and local governments are buying food items for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, state-supported living facilities, and general institutional food service. The issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and special-purpose entities (the HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center). These procurements emphasize compliance with Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic agricultural content, adherence to nutrition standards such as the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, HACCP food-safety plans, liability insurance, and firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges.

Recent solicitations span Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (breakfast items, cereals, frozen products, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snacks, beverages, meat) for the Bridgeport Board of Education with response due June 30, 2026; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center with historical annual value of $1.5 million and response due July 13, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce (apples, berries, vegetables, citrus, specialty fruits) with response due June 26, 2026; and Hillsborough County's ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services estimated at $17.8 million over three years with response due June 25, 2026. The code's taxonomy designation appears misaligned with the actual scope of recent procurements, which treat it as a catch-all for institutional food service rather than a dried-citrus category.