UNSPSC 50536201: Dried non GMO american red raspberry

The variety of non GMO raspberries known as non GMO american red raspberry that has 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 50536201 Dried non-GMO American red raspberry is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity among state and local government buyers; the code appears in recent solicitations only as an incidental line item within much broader grocery and fresh-produce aggregates rather than as a standalone procurement vehicle. Recent state and local opportunities reveal that dried berry products, when specified at all, are embedded within comprehensive food-service contracts spanning 1,000-plus line items across breakfast cereals, snacks, condiments, frozen goods, produce, and dairy. The issuing bodies pursuing these aggregates are school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Bulloch County Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Meriden Public Schools, Douglas County School System, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and county commissioners (Hillsborough County, Douglas County). School nutrition programs dominate the buyer mix; state institutions and senior meal programs represent secondary demand.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast—Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Connecticut—and Mid-Atlantic regions, with notable recent RFPs from Fairfax County (Virginia), Bridgeport (Connecticut), and Texas. Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB for grocery items (BNB052266, due June 30, 2026) spanning 1,100+ line items for the National School Lunch Program with Buy American requirements; Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for food and consumables at El Paso State Supported Living Center (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) with historical annual spend around $1.5 million; and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026) requiring minimum 76-item bids across 45 schools and central distribution. Dried red raspberries do not surface as a named line item in any posted solicitation; the code's activity derives entirely from participation in aggregated food-service framework contracts where specific commodity line items are listed but the commodity itself remains essentially dormant as an independent procurement target. Firms seeking to move dried red raspberry volume should focus on securing positions on established school-district and institutional grocery master agreements rather than pursuing standalone RFPs in this commodity category.