UNSPSC 50541547: Frozen non GMO jonathan apples

The variety of non GMO apples known as non GMO jonathan apples that have been frozen 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 50541547 Frozen non-GMO Jonathan apples, a Commodity code, encompasses the supply of frozen apple products—both specialty varieties and commodity-grade items—to school districts, city food-service departments, and state nutrition programs for child nutrition services, institutional foodservice, and meal programs. State and local buying under this code occurs primarily through school nutrition departments and municipal foodservice agencies seeking USDA-compliant frozen produce for breakfast, lunch, and supplemental feeding programs. The work involves firm-priced supply of pre-frozen apple products meeting Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, whole-grain and sodium specifications where applicable, food safety certification (HACCP plans, food-recall procedures), and delivery to multiple school sites or central warehouses on a Monday-through-Friday schedule with transportation and packing included in bid pricing. Buyers are almost exclusively school districts and school boards of education, with occasional procurement by city departments of education or nutrition services supporting multiple schools. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content appear in all recent solicitations, and vendors must maintain commercial general liability insurance (typically $1,000,000 per occurrence minimum), E-Verify authorization, and compliance with federal and state debarment regulations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with secondary activity in Missouri. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases solicited grocery items for the Bridgeport Board of Education through IFB BNB052266 (due June 30, 2026), encompassing frozen products among over 1,100 line items with blind taste and specification testing at vendor expense. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) issued IFB SN002-2027 for fresh produce including multiple apple varieties among 200+ line items (due June 26, 2026), with deliveries to three school sites and firm pricing through June 2027. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System sought fresh produce bids including an estimated 21,125 cases of Fuji apples annually under Bid 26-34 (due April 23, 2026), with delivery to 60 school sites at Net 40 days. The Douglas County School System (Georgia) issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 school districts across two geographic areas, with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two (due March 4, 2026). Early County Board of Education (Georgia) and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) also posted concurrent food procurement solicitations including produce components. No recent opportunities show apples as a standalone frozen-commodity line item; all references appear within broader frozen-foods or fresh-produce aggregations within school nutrition contracts.