UNSPSC 50536218: Dried non GMO roadside raspberry

The variety of non GMO raspberries known as non GMO roadside 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 50536218 Dried non-GMO roadside raspberry, a Commodity code, nominally covers a single produce item but shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity under this code. The six recent opportunities posted between April and June 2026 do not solicit dried raspberries specifically; instead, they procure broad food-service categories including fresh produce, grocery items, prepared meals, and consumables for school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and state-supported living facilities. When state and local jurisdictions do tag procurement under this code, the actual scope spans multi-hundred-line-item food-service contracts that encompass fresh fruits and vegetables, packaged goods, proteins, dairy, and prepared items rather than a single dried-fruit commodity. Issuing bodies include school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut), county-level health and social-services agencies (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), and state health and human services departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission). The code shows little focused demand for dried raspberries as a line-item procurement; the recent opportunities reflect integrated food-service vendor selection across multiple product categories.

Geographic activity centers on the Southeast and mid-Atlantic states—Georgia, Mississippi, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas—with no standout repeat buyers across the sample. Representative recent solicitations include the Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery-items IFB (due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items with Buy American requirements and nutritional-compliance constraints; the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (due June 26, 2026) for 200-plus produce items including berries, vegetables, and specialty fruits across three school locations; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's food-and-consumable-products IFB (due July 11, 2026) for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical contract value of $1.5 million. None of these opportunities isolates dried raspberries as a distinct procurement category or line item. The code's nominal scope and recent state and local activity diverge significantly, signaling that this Commodity code does not reliably capture the produce and food-service items state and local jurisdictions are actively soliciting.