UNSPSC 50535829: Dried non GMO empress plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO empress 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 50535829 Dried non-GMO empress plums, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement opportunities. The recent opportunities tagged with or near this code instead reflect broad-based school nutrition, senior meal service, and institutional food supply contracts that span hundreds of line items across grocery categories—fresh produce, proteins, dairy, pantry staples, and prepared meals—rather than specialty dried fruit items. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut) solicited over 1,100 line items for school nutrition under IFB BNB052266 with a June 30, 2026 response date; Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) sought Master Grocery K-12 supply under IFB 2000004323 with an April 27, 2026 due date; and the Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP 26-003 for food supply and distribution across 32 schools with approximately nine million dollars in estimated annual spend.

Issuing bodies across recent opportunities span state education departments, county school districts, independent school districts, and county commissioners' offices, with school nutrition programs appearing as the dominant buyer category. Geographic activity clusters in the Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut) and mid-Atlantic (Virginia), with Texas and state-level procurement also represented. The contracts routinely require Buy American domestic agricultural content compliance (typically 51 percent or higher), HACCP food safety plans, firm-fixed pricing, and compliance with Title VII CFR school nutrition standards and the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act. While dried fruits including plums may appear as line items within these broad grocery solicitations, no recent opportunity specifically targets dried non-GMO empress plums as a standalone procurement focus, suggesting this Commodity code sees little direct state and local buying activity or is typically absorbed within larger produce and pantry aggregations.