UNSPSC 50534429: Dried non GMO orlando tangelo oranges

The variety of early maturing tangelo noted for its juicy, mild, sweet flavor. 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 50534429 Dried non-GMO Orlando tangelo oranges is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this classification does not reflect the narrow scope of the code itself. The five most recent opportunities posted under or near this code span broad food-service categories—school nutrition programs, senior meal services, institutional food supply contracts, and summer food-service initiatives—rather than dried citrus products specifically. State and local governments use codes at this tier to organize large commodity procurements across multiple product families, and the actual solicitations show schools, counties, state health agencies, and senior services providers acquiring fresh produce, packaged meals, grocery staples, and kitchen supplies across dozens or hundreds of line items per contract. 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, Florida), and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia). None of the recent opportunities name dried Orlando tangelos as a solicited item; the code's narrow product definition does not align with the consolidated food-service buying patterns actually tagged to it in current procurement notices.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Connecticut, and Texas, with school districts and county nutrition programs posting the most frequent and detailed solicitations. Representative recent opportunities include Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) seeking fresh produce for the 2026-27 school year under IFB SN002-2027 with a June 26, 2026 response date covering over 200 line items of apples, berries, vegetables, citrus, and specialty fruits; the City of Bridgeport seeking grocery items (BNB052266) for school nutrition services via RFQ with a June 30, 2026 due date spanning over 1,100 line items subject to Buy American Provision requirements and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) requesting senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB-26-00289) with a June 25, 2026 bid deadline and an estimated three-year contract value of $17,832,659.90; and Texas Health and Human Services Commission procuring food and consumable products (IFB HHS0017449) for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a July 13, 2026 response date and a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. The code shows little activity specifically targeting dried citrus commodities; buyers are consolidating product categories into larger institutional nutrition contracts where individual items like dried tangelos may be one line among hundreds.