UNSPSC 50534906: Dried non GMO arctic glo nectarines

The variety of non GMO nectarines known as non GMO arctic glo nectarines 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 50534906 Dried non-GMO arctic glo nectarines, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of recent state and local procurement activity. The opportunities tagged under this code involve broad-spectrum food service supply — breakfast cereals, frozen products, fresh produce, dairy, snacks, beverages, and meat products for school districts and senior services — rather than the single-item dried-fruit specialty the code nominates. School districts, county boards of education, state health and human services agencies, and municipal governments are the primary issuing bodies. The mix spans K-12 nutrition programs (Bridgeport Public Schools, Connecticut; Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia; Bulloch County Board of Education, Georgia; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Georgia; Douglas County School System, Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District, Mississippi), fresh produce cooperatives serving multiple districts (GEC Buying Cooperative across 30 Georgia districts), state institutional feeding (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the El Paso State Supported Living Center), senior congregate and home-delivery meal services (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, Florida), and municipal events catering (City of Dallas). Recent procurements are being issued as IFBs, RFPs, RFQs, and ITBs with response dates ranging from late April through mid-July 2026.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia (Douglas County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, and two state-level procurements), Florida (Hillsborough County), Texas (HHSC El Paso facility), Connecticut (Bridgeport and Meriden), Virginia (Fairfax County), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), with scattered activity in other states. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Public Schools' June 2026 IFB for 1,100+ line-item grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program (due June 30, 2026); Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 IFB for Master Grocery K-12 delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (due April 27, 2026, with anticipated contract value substantial given the district size); Douglas County School System's cooperative RFP (issued January 2026) for food supply and distribution to 32 schools serving 25,500 students, estimated $9 million annually; and Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services across 14 dining centers, with estimated three-year value of $17.8 million. The code's mismatch with the actual commodities being procured suggests systematic miscoding at the source rather than genuine dried-nectarine demand in state and local markets.