UNSPSC 50535405: Dried non GMO best ever pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO best ever pears 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 50535405 Dried non-GMO best ever pears, a Commodity code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity recorded in recent opportunities under this code designation. The opportunities posted against UNSPSC 50535405 span comprehensive school nutrition procurement, senior meal services, and institutional food supply — including fresh produce contracts, packaged meal boxes, grocery items for school districts, and meal preparation and delivery for state facilities and county governments. The actual buying under this code encompasses breakfast items, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snack items, beverages, and meat products for school nutrition programs, senior centers, and state-supported living centers, with deliveries structured on weekly or Monday-through-Friday schedules to school sites, warehouses, and central distribution points. The mismatch between the code's nominal product (dried non-GMO pears) and the scope of posted opportunities (comprehensive food service supply across multiple commodity categories) suggests either a data-entry error in the code assignment or a state and local tagging convention that groups diverse food procurement under a single commodity code for administrative purposes.

School districts, county boards of education, state departments of health and human services, and municipal purchasing offices represent the primary issuing bodies. Recent opportunities span Fairfax County Public Schools (Master Grocery K-12 contract, April 2026); Bridgeport Board of Education (grocery items, June 2026); Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia (fresh produce, June 2026); Bulloch County Board of Education in Georgia (school nutrition grocery, May 2026); Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (fresh produce, April 2026); Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut (commercial groceries and USDA Foods, $3.1 million estimated value, February 2026); Douglas County School System in Georgia (food supply and distribution, $9 million estimated annual spend, January 2026); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (food and consumable products for state-supported living center, July 2026); Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida (senior meal preparation and delivery, $17.8 million estimated value over three years, June 2026); the State of Georgia (food supplies and kitchen products, June 2026); and the City of Dallas (boxed and bulk meal delivery services, March 2026). Geographic concentration appears strongest in Georgia and Florida, with activity also documented in Connecticut, Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi. School nutrition contracts dominate the recent posting volume, with IFBs and RFPs as the predominant notice types and response dates clustering in April through July 2026.