UNSPSC 50535821: Dried non GMO damson plum

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO damson plum 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 50535821 Dried non-GMO damson plum (Commodity) does not reflect the recent state and local procurement activity captured in the available opportunities. The recent solicitations tagged to this code span food service supply chains for school districts, county governments, and cities—but they focus on comprehensive grocery procurement, fresh produce contracts, meal preparation and delivery, and bulk food service rather than dried specialty fruits. The City of Bridgeport's grocery bid (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Schools' fresh produce solicitation (PE67080NONST2027000000013, due June 26, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (2000004323, due April 27, 2026), Bulloch County Board of Education's comprehensive food products and supplies bid (PE55612NONST2027000000033, due May 4, 2026), and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's fresh produce contract (BID2634, due April 23, 2026) all span dozens or hundreds of line items across multiple food categories—proteins, grains, dairy, beverages, condiments, and produce staples—with no mention of dried specialty plum products. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission's procurement for El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) and the City of Dallas' boxed and bulk meal delivery services (BFZ2600029731, due March 27, 2026) similarly target mainstream institutional food service. Dried non-GMO damson plums do not appear in any of the detailed scope narratives.

This code exhibits a misalignment between its nominal commodity scope and actual procurement activity. State and local food service buying under these UNSPSC tags concentrates on volume procurement of staple grocery items, fresh produce, dairy, and proteins delivered on standing contracts to schools, county facilities, and municipal departments. Specialty or ethnic dried fruit procurement—if it occurs in state and local procurement at all—appears to be either tagged differently, embedded as a minor line item within larger multi-category bids (where it would not be separately tracked), or absent from recent solicitation activity. Vendors pursuing this commodity should verify current sourcing patterns with target jurisdictions before committing business development resources; the code's recent activity does not support a viable procurement stream for this product line.