UNSPSC 50535444: Dried non GMO santa maria pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO santa maria 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 50535444 Dried non-GMO Santa Maria pears, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual scope of recent state and local purchasing activity tagged under this code. The recent opportunities in the dataset show no procurement of dried pears or specialty dried fruit; instead, they span broad fresh produce, grocery staples, meal preparation and delivery, and food service supply contracts for school districts, county governments, and state agencies. The mismatch between the code's nominal commodity (a single dried-fruit item) and the live solicitations (comprehensive food service procurement across dozens or hundreds of line items) suggests this code either carries legacy or misapplied tagging in state procurement systems, or the code tier itself is too narrow to capture the actual buying patterns of state and local food service programs.

Recent opportunities under this code tag span Georgia (Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs, estimated $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two; Bulloch County Board of Education IFB for comprehensive school nutrition grocery items; Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Bid 26-34 for fresh produce; State of Georgia IFB for fresh produce), Connecticut (City of Meriden RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries and USDA Foods, anticipated $3.1 million for 2026-27), Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery, estimated $17.8 million over three years), Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables at an El Paso state facility, prior-period value $1.5 million; City of Dallas RFCSP for boxed and bulk meal delivery), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District sealed bid for summer meal boxes), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases bid BNB052266 for grocery items supporting the Board of Education). School districts are the dominant issuing bodies, with additional activity from county commissioners, state health and human services agencies, and municipal purchasing departments. The code shows substantial recent activity but little relevance to the specific commodity named—pursue only if your firm's actual capability spans institutional food service distribution broadly rather than dried specialty produce specifically.