UNSPSC 50535840: Dried non GMO howard sun plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO howard sun 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 50535840 Dried non-GMO Howard Sun plums, a Commodity code, rarely appears in recent state and local procurement activity focused directly on this single dried-fruit item. The code's nominal scope — dried specialty plums — does not align with the actual work being solicited under it in the opportunities recorded. State and local food service procurement for schools, senior meal programs, and facility nutrition services spans hundreds or thousands of line items across fresh produce, proteins, dairy, prepared foods, and packaged goods; solicitations are tagged at the code level but encompass far broader commodity families than a single dried-plum variety. When the code does appear, it surfaces as one item among many in large multi-line school nutrition or facility food-service contracts rather than as the primary focus of a procurement action.

The issuing bodies driving food and consumable procurement in the recent opportunities are school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for the El Paso State Supported Living Center, State of Georgia), and county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida). The geographic spread covers Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida, with school-nutrition and senior-meal programs as primary drivers. Representative recent solicitations include Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items with a response date of June 30, 2026; Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce with approximately 200 line items due June 26, 2026; Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products due July 11, 2026 (prior contract value $1.5 million); and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' ITB 26-00289 for senior meal preparation and delivery services with an estimated three-year value of $17,832,659.90 due June 25, 2026. None of these opportunities isolates dried Howard Sun plums as a distinct procurement action; the code shows minimal dedicated activity at the commodity level.