UNSPSC 50534439: Dried non GMO sunburst mandarin oranges

The variety of non GMO mandarin oranges and tangerines known as non GMO sunburst mandarin 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 50534439 Dried non-GMO sunburst mandarin oranges is a Commodity code, but state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal recent alignment—the source records no opportunities explicitly soliciting dried mandarin oranges. Instead, recent state and local food service solicitations capture the broader fresh and processed produce categories into which this product nominally falls, but the specific commodity remains absent from visible RFP, RFQ, IFB, and ITB notices. School districts, county education agencies, and state nutrition programs are the primary buying bodies sourcing fresh and processed fruits for child nutrition programs, senior meals, and institutional food service, but their posted opportunities emphasize fresh produce, USDA commodity items, and bulk grocery staples rather than specialized dried fruit SKUs. When dried fruits appear in scope documents, they typically nest within larger multi-category food supply contracts rather than as standalone line items driving procurement activity.

The geographic spread of food service procurement across the source spans school districts and state agencies in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, with substantial volume concentrated in Georgia's school nutrition cooperatives and Texas state-supported living centers. Representative recent opportunities include the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (due June 26, 2026), spanning over 200 fresh-produce line items but excluding dried citrus; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery items bid for school nutrition (due June 30, 2026), covering 1,100 line items with no dried-fruit specification; and the Douglas County School System's cooperative fresh produce and eggs RFP (due March 4, 2026), estimated at $4.4 million for Area One across 18 districts. The absence of dried-mandarin-specific solicitations suggests this commodity either sits within blanket-grocery contracts as a minor line item or does not represent a standalone procurement driver in state and local food service markets under this code.