UNSPSC 50536700: Dried non GMO strawberries

The type of juicy edible usually red fruit of any of several low-growing temperate herbs (genus fragaria) of the rose family that is technically an enlarged pulpy receptacle bearing numerous achenes 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 50536700 Dried non-GMO strawberries, a Class code, does not map meaningfully to recent state and local procurement activity. The source records show no opportunities soliciting dried strawberries or products under that commodity code. The recent opportunities span fresh produce, fresh-cut fruits, canned and frozen vegetables, dairy, grains, meats, and bulk meal services—none of which target dried strawberries as a line item or category. School districts, state nutrition programs, and county food service authorities buying under these solicitations specify fresh apples, berries, leafy greens, peppers, tomatoes, onions, citrus, potatoes, eggs, and processed items such as frozen broccoli and canned vegetables; when berries appear in itemized lists, they are fresh (blackberry, pineberry, raspberry, strawberry) rather than dried. The code appears to occupy a narrow specialty niche that does not surface in active state and local procurement records reviewed here.

Fruit and vegetable supply contracts dominate the recent activity instead, with school districts in Georgia, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, and Virginia issuing IFBs and RFPs for comprehensive fresh-produce and grocery programs. The Bulloch County Board of Education, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, Douglas County School System, Hancock County Board of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Meriden Public Schools have all posted fresh-produce and grocery solicitations between January and June 2026, typically with annual contract values ranging into the millions and initial terms of July 2026 through June 2027. State-level procurement in Georgia and Texas, along with city and county meal-service programs in Hillsborough County, Florida and Dallas, Texas, round out the issuing-body mix. None of these opportunities lists dried strawberries as a specification or line item, and no vendor solicitation explicitly names UNSPSC 50536700 or references dried non-GMO strawberry procurement.