UNSPSC 50535723: Dried non GMO sweet geisha plucot

The variety of non GMO plucots known as non GMO sweet geisha 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 50535723 Dried non-GMO sweet geisha plucot, a Commodity code, does not reflect the actual procurement activity in the recent state and local opportunities tagged to it. The recent solicitations—grocery items for school lunch programs, fresh produce for school nutrition, food and consumable products for state-supported living centers, senior meal preparation and delivery services, and packaged meal boxes for summer food programs—span fresh and processed foodstuffs, meal services, and food-service supplies across a broad range of institutional settings, but none specifically concern dried geisha plums or specialty stone fruits. The issuing bodies include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county government (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), and state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). School nutrition procurement dominates the recent pipeline, driven by National School Lunch Program requirements, Buy American provisions mandating at least 51 percent domestic agricultural content, and Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards. Contracts typically require firm fixed pricing, HACCP plans, product traceability, and delivery to multiple school sites on standard pallets with Monday-through-Friday service windows.

The geographic spread of recent activity spans Texas, Florida, Georgia, Connecticut, and Mississippi. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items with a June 30, 2026 due date and contract term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh produce IFB (due June 26, 2026, covering 200-plus line items of produce for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027); Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumable products (due July 13, 2026, with a prior-period historical value of $1.5 million); and Hillsborough County's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services (due June 25, 2026, estimated at $17.8 million over three years). The code shows little relevant recent activity—the mismatch between the Commodity's narrow scope (dried specialty fruit) and the breadth of general food-service procurement suggests either miscategorization or minimal state and local demand for this specific product line.