UNSPSC 50541609: Frozen non GMO clutha gold apricots

The variety of non GMO apricots known as non GMO clutha gold apricots 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 50541609 Frozen non-GMO Clutha Gold apricots is a Commodity code that maps poorly to the state and local school nutrition procurement activity recorded in recent opportunities. The code specifies a narrow product line—a single frozen fruit variety—yet the recent solicitations under this code tag span comprehensive grocery and fresh-produce buys encompassing hundreds of line items across meats, dairy, grains, vegetables, fruits, condiments, and prepared entrees. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily school districts and boards of education serving the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, supplemented by municipal purchasing offices and one state food-supply procurement. The work actually being solicited is broad-based food-service distribution—vendors supply finished grocery and produce items to central warehouses and individual school sites on weekly delivery schedules with firm pricing, HACCP certification, Buy American compliance (51 percent domestic agricultural content), and liability insurance minimums ranging from $500,000 to $2,000,000.

Recent opportunities cluster heavily in Georgia, with five of nine solicitations issued by Georgia school districts and one by the State of Georgia itself; two others are from Connecticut (Bridgeport) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI). The Douglas County School System has posted multiple RFPs covering both fresh produce and eggs (estimated $4.4 million for Area One across 18 districts) and main-line food supply and distribution (estimated $9 million annually), alongside single-district solicitations from Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Bid 26-34 for fresh produce, due April 23, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce IFB due June 26, 2026), Early County Board of Education (line-by-line food bid due June 8, 2026), and the City Schools of Decatur (frozen foods and grocery IFB due May 15, 2026). The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases issued an IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items due June 30, 2026, and Rockwood School District in Missouri sought 900+ line items electronically via NUTRIKIDS by April 29, 2026. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope (a single frozen fruit product) and the actual procurement scope (comprehensive food-service distribution) suggests this code is either miscategorized at the commodity level or applied as a catch-all tag by school districts entering solicitations into state or local procurement systems.