UNSPSC 50534440: Dried non GMO tangelos

The variety of fruit from a hybrid between a tangerine or mandarin orange and a grapefruit that has 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 50534440 Dried non-GMO tangelos is a Commodity code that nominally names a single dried fruit product, but the recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show little actual procurement of dried tangelos; instead, the opportunities cover broad school nutrition, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts spanning fresh produce, prepared meals, grocery staples, and kitchen consumables. State and local issuing bodies treating this code as a catch-all for food and nutrition procurement include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county health and social services agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state procurement offices (State of Georgia). The work being solicited ranges from fresh produce (apples, berries, root vegetables, citrus, and specialty items delivered to school sites and meal centers) to prepared and packaged meals for congregate senior dining and home delivery, institutional kitchen supplies, and multi-item grocery procurement supporting National School Lunch Program compliance and Buy American provision requirements (typically 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content). Nutrition standards, HACCP plans, liability insurance, and vendor performance tracking are consistent compliance threads across these contracts.

Recent opportunities cluster in the Southeast and include Bridgeport, Connecticut (IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items, due June 30, 2026), Hancock County, Georgia (IFB for over 200 line items of fresh produce, due June 26, 2026), Hillsborough County, Florida (ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services, $17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026), El Paso, Texas (IFB for food and consumable products supporting a state-supported living center with $1.5 million historical annual value, due July 13, 2026), and Pascagoula, Mississippi (sealed bid for packaged 7-day meal boxes under the Summer Food Service Program, due April 29, 2026). The State of Georgia posted a broad food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation on May 15, 2026 (due June 22, 2026) with the full scope in a separate attachment. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (dried tangelos) and the actual procurement activity suggests this code is being misapplied by some state and local procurement offices; the code shows active food-service procurement but not in dried citrus fruit specifically.