UNSPSC 50537226: Dried non GMO royal olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO royal olives 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 50537226 Dried non-GMO royal olives is a Commodity code that spans dried fruit and vegetable products procured by state and local governments primarily for school nutrition programs and institutional food service. State and local procurement activity under this code shows limited direct specificity to olives alone; instead, buyers solicit dried and fresh produce as part of broader grocery and food-service contracts where olives appear as line items within larger commodity baskets. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and county boards of education sourcing for National School Lunch Program compliance, supplemented by state health and human services agencies purchasing for state-supported living centers and senior meal programs. Vendors must meet Buy American domestic agricultural content requirements (typically 51 percent minimum for processed items), provide nutritional labeling and HACCP plans, maintain cold-chain or proper storage capability, and comply with whole-grain and allergen restrictions tied to the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act and child nutrition regulations.

Recent opportunities show procurement concentrated in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with active solicitations from the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), the State of Georgia, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Pascagoula-Gautier School District (Mississippi), and Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (Florida). The Bridgeport Board of Education's IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026) solicited over 1,100 grocery line items including vegetables and fruits for July 2026 through June 2027 delivery with firm fixed pricing and 48-hour backup emergency stock requirements; the Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) specified over 200 line items across multiple apple, berry, and vegetable varieties for three school sites over the same fiscal year; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 (due July 11, 2026) requested food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a historical contract value of $1.5 million. No recent opportunities isolated dried olives as a standalone line-item procurement or named olives explicitly; the code shows minimal independent buying activity and appears to function as a catch-all taxonomy marker within larger food-service RFQs and IFBs rather than a driver of distinct procurement demand.