UNSPSC 50535860: Dried non GMO purple majesty plums

The variety of non GMO plums known as non GMO purple majesty 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 50535860 Dried non-GMO purple majesty plums, a Commodity code, does not align with state and local procurement activity reflected in the recent opportunities dataset. The code nominally describes a specific dried fruit product, but the recent solicitations tagged under this code overwhelmingly solicit comprehensive food service and grocery supply contracts—spanning fresh produce, meal preparation and delivery, boxed meals, staple groceries, and school nutrition programs—rather than dried plums or specialty dried fruits as a line item. School districts, county education agencies, municipal nutrition programs, and state food service operations are the primary issuing bodies posting under this code family, with contracts ranging from fresh produce and eggs to full master grocery supply agreements supporting breakfast, lunch, and senior meal programs. The mismatch between the code's narrow commodity scope and the breadth of actual procurement activity suggests either systematic misclassification by issuing bodies or the code serving as a catch-all tag for produce and food-service procurement across multiple product categories.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast—Georgia (Douglas County School System, Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, State of Georgia), Florida (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier School District), Connecticut (Meriden Public Schools, City of Bridgeport), and Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)—with scattered northern activity. Representative recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases soliciting grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education (IFB BNB052266, June 30, 2026 due date, supporting the National School Lunch Program across 1,100 line items with Buy American requirements); Douglas County School System procuring fresh produce and eggs for 30 cooperating districts (RFP SN 26-004, March 4, 2026 due date, estimated $4.4–$1.1 million annually by region); and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners seeking senior meal preparation and delivery services countywide (ITB 26-00289, June 25, 2026 due date, estimated contract value $17.8 million over three years). Contracts are typically competitively bid with firm fixed pricing, Buy American compliance mandates, HACCP food safety plans, and delivery to multiple school or service sites on fixed schedules. The code shows no recent activity directly soliciting dried plums or specialty dried fruits as discrete line items.