UNSPSC 50537014: Dried non GMO hawthorn

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO hawthorn 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 50537014 Dried non-GMO hawthorn, a Commodity code, shows minimal recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its specific scope. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for dried hawthorn or other herbal botanical ingredients. Instead, the available records document school nutrition programs, senior meal services, and institutional food supply contracts that span broad grocery, fresh produce, and meal preparation categories. These solicitations name dried hawthorn nowhere in their scope statements, specifications, or line-item detail, suggesting the code either sees no current state and local buying activity or is incorrectly tagged in available procurement databases.

School districts and county boards of education dominate the institutional food procurement landscape across the recent sample, with issuing bodies including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Meriden Public Schools (Connecticut), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Bulloch County Board of Education (Georgia), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), and Douglas County School System (Georgia), alongside state-level procurements from Georgia and Texas, county-level requests from Hillsborough County (Florida), and city-level food service solicitations from Bridgeport (Connecticut), Dallas (Texas), and Meriden (Connecticut). Recent opportunities focus on master grocery contracts, fresh produce, dairy, eggs, prepared meals, and meal delivery services—none of which identify dried herbal ingredients as a commodity line. Without documented state or local procurement activity for dried non-GMO hawthorn in the current opportunity stream, this code does not present an actionable target for business development at this time.