UNSPSC 50535901: Dried non GMO foothill pomegranates

The variety of non GMO pomegranates known as non GMO foothill pomegranates 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 50535901 Dried non-GMO foothill pomegranates, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and the actual work state and local procurement offices are currently soliciting under it. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are overwhelmingly broad-based school nutrition and senior meal contracts spanning groceries, fresh produce, eggs, and prepared meal services—none of which center on or specify dried pomegranates. State and local buyers are issuing RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, and ITBs for comprehensive food-service supply chains serving school districts, county health authorities, and city nutrition programs; the procurement focus is on volume commodity sourcing, compliance with Buy American and USDA nutrition standards, HACCP certification, delivery logistics, and insurance requirements, not specialty dried fruit procurement. Issuing bodies include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Bridgeport Board of Education and Meriden Public Schools in Connecticut; Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System in Georgia; Hancock County Board of Education in Mississippi; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County in Florida; Douglas County in Georgia), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission; State of Georgia), and cities (City of Dallas; City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; City of Meriden, Connecticut).

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Mississippi, reflecting broad regional school-nutrition and senior-meal procurement cycles aligned with fiscal-year starts and academic calendars. Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026, covering 45 schools plus seven distribution kitchens); Meriden Public Schools' commercial groceries and USDA Foods procurement (RFP 026-41, due February 25, 2026, for $3.1 million estimated value); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (IFB HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026, with prior annual value of $1.5 million); Hillsborough County's senior meal preparation and delivery services (ITB 26-00289, due June 25, 2026, for $17.8 million over three years); and Douglas County School System's food-supply and food-distributor contracts (RFP 26-003, due February 18, 2026, for approximately $9 million annually). The code as tagged does not reflect actual procurement intent; vendors pursuing state and local opportunity in dried specialty produce should evaluate whether their products fit broader school nutrition or institutional meal contracts rather than assume category alignment.