UNSPSC 50536500: Dried non GMO sapotes

The type of non GMO fruit known as non GMO sapotes 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 50536500 Dried non-GMO sapotes, a Class code, does not align with the state and local procurement activity posted under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged to this code span broad food service and nutrition procurement — fresh produce for school districts, grocery items for school lunch programs, senior meal preparation and delivery, and packaged meal boxes — none of which center on or specifically call for dried sapotes as a commodity.

State and local governments appear to solicit this code primarily through school districts and county governments for general food service supply contracts rather than for sapote procurement in particular. The most recent opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases and Bridgeport Board of Education issuing an IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items (due June 30, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education soliciting fresh produce with over 200 line items (due June 26, 2026), the Texas Health and Human Services Commission requesting food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center (due July 13, 2026, with historical annual value of $1.5 million), Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners issuing an ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services ($17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026), and the State of Georgia requesting bids on food supplies and kitchen products (due June 22, 2026). Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi solicited packaged meal boxes for a summer food service program. Geographic activity spans Connecticut, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, and Florida. The code shows little recent activity specifically aligned to dried sapotes; the mismatch between the code name and actual solicitation scope suggests either a classification error or that this commodity sees minimal state and local procurement volume.