UNSPSC 50536403: Dried non GMO rugosa rose hips

The variety of non GMO rose hips known as non GMO rugosa rose hips 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 50536403 Dried non-GMO rugosa rose hips (Commodity) represents a narrow food ingredient that state and local governments rarely procure directly, but the code appears as a line item within much larger grocery and food supply solicitations issued by school nutrition programs, health and human services agencies, and county food-service departments. The actual work under this code involves supplying dried botanicals and specialty food ingredients as part of broader meal-preparation and food-service contracts, where such items support nutritional standards, whole-grain requirements, or specialty dietary needs mandated by the National School Lunch Program and state health regulations.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code's parent categories include school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Pascagoula-Gautier School District), state health and human services agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Georgia), and county boards of commissioners (Hillsborough County). Recent activity reflects school nutrition solicitations spanning the Southeast and South (Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida). Representative recent opportunities include Bridgeport's June 2026 IFB for over 1,100 line-item grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program with firm pricing and 51 percent domestic agricultural content requirements; Hancock County Board of Education's June 2026 IFB for fresh produce covering multiple apple varieties, berries, and leafy greens across three school delivery sites with no fuel surcharges allowed; and Hillsborough County's June 2026 ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services estimated at $17.8 million over three years with mandatory Florida Department of Elderly Affairs caterer-list eligibility. The code shows limited recent standalone activity; most opportunities that tag it do so as embedded line items within multi-category food-service contracts rather than as discrete procurements of dried rose hips or similar specialty botanicals.