UNSPSC 50537007: Dried non GMO coconuts

The variety of drupaceous fruit of the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and coconut milk 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 50537007 Dried non-GMO coconuts, a Commodity code, shows minimal direct recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly for dried coconuts or coconut products. The solicitations tagged under this code span school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts — encompassing fresh produce, grocery staples, dairy, meat, frozen goods, and prepared meals — but dried coconuts appear in none of the representative line-item specifications or delivery requirements across these opportunities. State and local food service contracting (school districts, county nutrition programs, city meal delivery) drives the issuing body mix, with Bridgeport and Fairfax County Public Schools, Hancock County and Douglas County school systems, Bulloch County and Savannah-Chatham schools, Texas HHSC, Georgia state procurement, Hillsborough County, and Meriden Public Schools among recent solicitors. The code shows mismatch between its nominal scope and actual procurement signals present in the recent-opportunities record.

The geographic concentration reflects school-based nutrition procurement across Georgia (Bulloch, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County), Connecticut (Meriden), Virginia (Fairfax), Florida (Hillsborough), Texas (HHSC El Paso, Dallas), Mississippi (Pascagoula-Gautier), and multi-state activity through cooperative vehicles such as the GEC Buying Cooperative serving thirty Georgia school districts. Representative recent solicitations include Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (April 2026, due April 27) seeking comprehensive grocery supply across 45 schools and distribution centers; Douglas County School System's RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts cooperatively (due March 4, 2026, estimated annual value $5.5 million combined); Meriden Public Schools' RFP 026-41 for commercial groceries, beverages, produce, and USDA Foods (due February 25, 2026, estimated value $3.1 million for 2026-2027); and Bulloch County Board of Education's comprehensive school nutrition grocery bid covering multiple food categories (due May 4, 2026). The absence of dried coconut specifications in these multi-hundred-line-item procurement records suggests the code captures an extremely narrow or rarely solicited commodity in state and local food service markets.