UNSPSC 50534438: Dried non GMO satsuma mandarin oranges

The variety of any of several cultivated mandarin trees that bear medium-sized largely seedless fruits with thin smooth skin 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 50534438 Dried non-GMO satsuma mandarin oranges is a Commodity code that encompasses specialty dried fruit products supplied into state and local food service and nutrition programs. Recent state and local solicitations do not feature dried satsuma mandarin oranges as a line-item or featured commodity. The code shows minimal relevant recent activity; opportunities tagged to this code actually solicit broad grocery and fresh produce portfolios—breakfast items, cereal, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snacks, beverages, and fresh citrus—rather than dried mandarin oranges specifically. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and county commissioners' offices are the active issuing bodies, but none of the recent opportunities identify dried citrus as a procurement requirement.

Geographic spread across recent activity includes Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Board of Education), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission El Paso State Supported Living Center), Georgia (Hancock County Board of Education and the State of Georgia), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), and Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners). Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's grocery-items IFB (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American provision requirements; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products IFB (HHS0017449, due July 11, 2026) for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million; and Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) encompassing over 200 line items of fresh fruits and vegetables. None of these solicitations reference dried mandarin oranges or specialty dried fruit as line items.