UNSPSC 50535816: Dried non GMO blackamber plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO blackamber plums 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 50535816 Dried non-GMO blackamber plums, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within state and local food procurement that sees minimal recent solicitation activity focused specifically on this item. The recent opportunities block shows no active state or local solicitations requesting dried blackamber plums as a line item or primary commodity. Instead, the recent contract opportunities under this code span broad school nutrition, senior meal services, and institutional food supply—categories where dried specialty fruits appear only as subordinate line items within comprehensive grocery, produce, or food-supply RFPs rather than as standalone procurement targets. State and local buyers in this space are predominantly school districts (Bridgeport, Fairfax County, Savannah-Chatham, Meriden, Douglas County, Hancock County, Bulloch County, and Pascagoula-Gautier), county boards of education, state agencies (Georgia, Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and county senior services (Hillsborough County). These issuing bodies source food through master grocery contracts, fresh-produce agreements, and institutional food-supply agreements that bundle thousands of line items under single awards, with individual specialty dried fruits absorbed as minor components of broader product families rather than discrete procurement vehicles.

No recent state or local RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB identified in the source specifically solicits dried non-GMO blackamber plums as a standalone item or named line item. The code shows no decision-relevant recent activity in state and local procurement at the commodity level. Opportunities referencing this UNSPSC code appear to involve food procurement tagged broadly at higher tiers (grocery, produce, food supply) where individual dried-fruit SKUs are embedded in specification documents or vendor catalogs rather than called out by code. If pursuing this code, monitor school nutrition master grocery contracts and institutional food-supply solicitations in Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, and Mississippi for opportunities where dried specialty fruits carry weight in bid evaluation or volume commitments, but expect dried blackamber plums to compete as a minor substitutable item within much larger food-supply agreements rather than as a category-level procurement driver.