UNSPSC 50534700: Dried non GMO mulberries

The type of fruit from any of a genus (morus of the family moraceae, the mulberry family) of trees with an edible usually purple multiple fruit that is an aggregate of juicy one-seeded drupes 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 50534700 Dried non GMO mulberries is a Class code that nominally covers dried mulberry products; however, the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show no direct solicitations for dried mulberries. Instead, the code has been applied to broader school nutrition, senior meal services, and institutional food procurement that spans fresh produce, packaged groceries, and meal delivery. The actual work being solicited under this code includes fresh produce for school lunch programs, comprehensive grocery item supply for food and nutrition services departments, prepared meal services for seniors, and packaged meal boxes for summer food programs. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, and Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and education-focused procurement offices. The mismatch between the code's nominal commodity and the actual solicitations suggests either miscoding at the state or local level or that the code is being used as a catch-all for food service items within nutrition procurement categories.

Recent activity spans multiple regions: Connecticut (Bridgeport's grocery items RFQ with a June 30, 2026 response date for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services Department), Georgia (Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB with a June 26, 2026 deadline), Texas (Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products IFB with a July 13, 2026 deadline, valued at $1.5 million in the prior period), Florida (Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services ITB valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years with a June 25, 2026 response date), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District's summer meal boxes with an April 29, 2026 deadline), and Georgia (State of Georgia's food, supplies, and kitchen products solicitation with a June 22, 2026 deadline). School nutrition programs and senior services procurement dominate recent posting activity, with Buy American provisions and nutrition standard compliance (Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, HACCP requirements) appearing consistently across education and state health agency opportunities.