UNSPSC 50535012: Dried non GMO cara cara oranges

The variety of non GMO oranges known as non GMO cara cara 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 50535012 Dried non-GMO Cara Cara oranges, a Commodity code, shows no decision-relevant recent state and local procurement activity. The single opportunity identified in the most-recent-state-local-contract-opportunities block—City of Bridgeport BNB052266 for GROCERY ITEMS posted June 30, 2026—is a broad school nutrition solicitation spanning over 1,100 line items across breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, seasonings, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snack items, beverages, and meat products. The code has been applied to this opportunity, but the Bridgeport RFQ does not specifically itemize dried cara cara oranges or any other dried citrus product, and the focus is on fresh and processed items for the National School Lunch Program rather than specialty dried produce. Dried non-GMO cara cara oranges appear to fall outside the commodity mix actually being solicited in state and local school nutrition, facilities food service, and senior meal programs across the jurisdictions in the source dataset.

State and local procurement under this code should not be pursued at present. The mismatch between the Commodity's narrow scope—a single dried citrus variety with organic certification—and the actual procurement activity visible in recent state and local solicitations indicates the code is not being used to tag dried cara cara orange opportunities in practice. Business development focus would be better directed toward the broader fresh and processed fruit and produce codes that appear consistently across school district nutrition programs (Fairfax County, Hancock County, Bulloch County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Meriden Public Schools) and state-level produce solicitations in Georgia and Texas.