UNSPSC 50535603: Dried non GMO hilo pineapple

The variety of non GMO pineapples known as non GMO hilo pineapple that has 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 50535603 Dried non-GMO Hilo pineapple is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect broader food procurement for school nutrition, senior meal services, and institutional foodservice rather than dried pineapple specifically. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily school districts and county nutrition programs sourcing breakfast and lunch items to meet National School Lunch Program standards, Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition requirements, and Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content. The issuing bodies are school boards, county education departments, county commissioners' offices, and state health and human services agencies. Vendors must comply with extensive documentation requirements — USDA compliance statements, health inspection records, HACCP plans, nutritional analyses, and liability insurance often running $1 million to $2 million per occurrence. Delivery is typically to central warehouses and individual school sites on firm fixed pricing with no fuel or freight surcharges permitted, payment Net 30 to Net 45 days.

Recent opportunities span multiple states and show consistent activity across school districts and county agencies. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB #SN002-2027 for fresh produce with a June 26, 2026 deadline, the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut) solicited grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education with a June 30, 2026 response date, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission sought food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center under IFB HHS0017449 due July 13, 2026, Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) issued ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with a June 25, 2026 deadline and estimated three-year value of $17.8 million, the State of Georgia posted a food and kitchen products solicitation due June 22, 2026, and the Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi) sought packaged meal boxes due April 29, 2026. Activity is concentrated in school nutrition procurement across the Southeast and mid-Atlantic, with county-level participation in senior meal services and state institutional foodservice.