UNSPSC 50536602: Dried non GMO northline saskatoon berries

The variety of non GMO saskatoon berries known as non GMO northline saskatoon berries 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 50536602 Dried non-GMO northline saskatoon berries is a Commodity code that sees minimal direct procurement activity under its specific product name in state and local markets; instead, the code appears embedded within much broader grocery and food-supply solicitations where individual dried berry SKUs are line items among hundreds spanning produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and prepared foods. State and local governments buying under this commodity—school districts, county education systems, state health and human services agencies, and municipal food service operations—source dried saskatoon berries as specialty ingredients within comprehensive food-service contracts rather than as standalone procurements. When present, the berries are typically specified as part of breakfast items, snack offerings, or prepared meals that meet nutrition standards under federal child-nutrition programs and USDA commodity guidelines, with Buy American domestic-sourcing requirements now standard across school nutrition RFPs and IFBs.

Recent activity shows the code embedded in large school-district and institutional food-service RFPs and IFBs spanning Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia) issued IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K-12 covering 45 schools and distribution centers with weekly deliveries (due April 27, 2026); Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia) posted IFB #043025 for comprehensive school nutrition products across 14 sites (due May 4, 2026); Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut) released RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries and USDA Foods serving 8,200 students across 13 schools, with an anticipated contract value of approximately $3.1 million and award date of April 24, 2026; and Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with estimated annual spend of approximately $4.4 million in Area One and $1.1 million in Area Two (due March 4, 2026). Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida) solicited senior meal preparation and delivery services under ITB 26-00289 with an estimated three-year value of $17.8 million (due June 25, 2026). These procurements rarely name saskatoon berries explicitly; the code's activity appears marginal when isolated from the broader food-supply ecosystem in which it operates.