UNSPSC 50535459: Dried non GMO williams pears

The variety of non GMO pears known as non GMO williams 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 50535459 Dried non GMO williams pears is a Commodity code. State and local governments buying under this code procure fresh and processed produce for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food service operations. Recent solicitations show that purchasing agencies source dried fruit as part of broader grocery and produce supply contracts supporting National School Lunch Program compliance, Buy American provisions requiring minimum domestic agricultural content, and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards. The work encompasses single-item commodity purchases and multi-line-item food service contracts where dried pears are one specification among many produce items, vegetables, fruits, and processed foods. Issuing bodies include school districts at the primary and secondary level, county boards of education, state health and human services commissions operating residential facilities, and county commissioners overseeing senior meal programs.

Recent activity spans Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The City of Bridgeport Board of Education issued IFB BNB052266 in June 2026 for over 1,100 grocery line items including dried and fresh produce, with electronic bids due June 30, 2026 through OpenGov e-Procurement. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce (IFB #SN002-2027) with sealed bids due June 26, 2026, covering over 200 line items of apples, berries, vegetables, and specialty produce for delivery to three school sites. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products supplying the El Paso State Supported Living Center, with proposals due July 13, 2026 and a historical contract value of $1.5 million for the prior fiscal year. Hillsborough County in Florida sought senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB-26-00289) with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90, due June 25, 2026. The Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi requested sealed bids for packaged meal boxes under the Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program with bids due April 29, 2026.