UNSPSC 50535437: Dried non GMO red bartlett pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO red bartlett 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 50535437 Dried non GMO red bartlett pears, a Commodity code, represents a narrow food product line that state and local governments procure primarily as one component within much broader school nutrition and institutional food service contracts rather than as a standalone item. Recent solicitations show that dried pears are purchased as part of large multi-item grocery, fresh produce, or food-service acquisitions supporting school lunch programs, senior meal services, and state-supported living facilities. The issuing bodies are school districts, county boards of education, county commissioners, state health and human services agencies, and municipal school departments — entities managing institutional food service operations subject to federal nutrition standards (Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act, National School Lunch Program compliance) and domestic agricultural content requirements. While the UNSPSC code nominally identifies a single dried-fruit product, procurement activity under it appears embedded in larger solicitations spanning 200 to 1,100 line items of mixed food commodities, making isolated pursuit of this code impractical without broader vendor relationships in institutional food supply.

Recent activity clusters in Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued IFB BNB052266 for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education with a June 30, 2026 deadline; Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce spanning 200+ items with a June 26, 2026 response date; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requested bids under IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a July 13, 2026 deadline and a historical contract value of $1.5 million; Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) issued ITB-26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90; and the State of Georgia posted PE55645NONST2026000000009 for food supplies and kitchen products with a June 22, 2026 due date. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) solicited Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program packaged meal boxes (IFB #609-26) with an April 29, 2026 deadline. These contracts mandate firm fixed pricing, Buy American domestic-content thresholds (typically 51% for processed items), HACCP plans, comprehensive insurance, and delivery compliance with state and federal nutrition standards. Success in this code requires participation in full-scope food-service consortiums rather than single-SKU commodity supply.