UNSPSC 50535702: Dried non GMO blue gusto plucot

The variety of non GMO plucots known as non GMO blue gusto plucot 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 50535702 Dried non GMO blue gusto plucot is a Commodity code that maps awkwardly to recent state and local solicitation activity. The code nominally describes a specialty dried fruit product, but the recent opportunities tagged to it cover broad food and nutrition procurement — grocery items for school lunch programs, fresh produce, prepared meals for senior services, and general food supplies for institutional food service. State and local governments use this code when procuring institutional food and nutrition services for schools, aging services, and state-supported living facilities, but the actual buying spans multi-category foodservice contracts rather than the specific commodity the code names.

Issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Georgia), and special-purpose districts. Recent opportunities span multiple regions — Connecticut (Bridgeport, June 2026 due date), Texas (El Paso, July 2026 due date), Georgia (Hancock County, June 2026 due date; state level), Florida (Hillsborough County, June 2026 due date), and Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier, April 2026 due date). Representative solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's grocery items IFB for the Board of Education (1,100+ line items, National School Lunch Program compliance, due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce IFB spanning 200+ line items of apples, berries, vegetables, and specialty fruits (due June 26, 2026), Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery ITB valued at $17,832,659.90 over three years (due June 25, 2026), and Texas Health and Human Services' food and consumable products IFB for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with historical annual value of $1.5 million (due July 11, 2026). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content appear in school nutrition solicitations. The code shows active recent activity but poor alignment between the specific commodity name and the actual procurement scope.