UNSPSC 50534611: Dried non GMO crenshaw melons

The variety of non GMO melons known as non GMO crenshaw melons 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 50534611 Dried non-GMO crenshaw melons is a Commodity code that nominally covers a single dried-fruit product, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect much broader food and nutrition procurement activity across school districts, county governments, and state health agencies. The sourced opportunities show that this code is being applied to solicitations for school meal programs, senior nutrition services, and institutional food service contracts that span hundreds of line items—fresh produce, breakfast items, frozen products, dairy, and meat—rather than dried melons specifically. State and local governments are using the code as part of larger grocery and food-supply RFPs and IFBs that support federal child nutrition programs (National School Lunch Program, Summer Food Service Program) and state-supported living facilities, with mandatory compliance to Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content), nutritional standards (Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act), and extensive vendor documentation and testing requirements including HACCP plans, health inspections, liability insurance, and laboratory verification of product specifications.

The issuing bodies span school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a state-supported living center), and state purchasing offices (State of Georgia). Recent opportunities include Bridgeport's RFP for over 1,100 line items of grocery items due June 30, 2026; Hancock County's IFB for fresh produce spanning more than 200 items due June 26, 2026; Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services with a three-year estimated value of $17,832,659.90 due June 25, 2026; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million. Activity appears concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Connecticut, Texas) with school nutrition as the dominant use case.