UNSPSC 50541702: Frozen non GMO baby bananas

The variety of non GMO bananas known as non GMO baby bananas 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 50541702 Frozen non-GMO baby bananas (Commodity) represents a narrow specialty food product line within state and local nutrition procurement, though recent solicitation activity shows the code sees limited direct application. State and local governments soliciting under this commodity are primarily school districts and county nutrition departments supporting child nutrition programs and senior services. The scope of work nominally centers on frozen specialty produce meeting non-GMO certification and specific size or ripeness standards, though the recent opportunities in the source block reveal that most school districts and county agencies are procuring frozen produce as part of much larger food service contracts spanning hundreds of line items — breakfast items, vegetables, fruits, dairy, condiments, and proteins — rather than isolated frozen banana purchases. When frozen produce appears in these consolidated bids, it is typically one of many frozen-product SKUs competing on unit pricing alongside dozens of other frozen commodities.

Geographic activity centers on Georgia and Connecticut, with Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (October 2026 IFB for approximately 1,062 cases of mixed shelf-stable and frozen food items with delivery by December 7, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education (June 2026 IFB for fresh and specialty produce across multiple apple, berry, and tropical varieties for the 2026–27 school year), and Early County Board of Education (June 2026 bid for 300+ food items plus non-food supplies for July 2026 through June 2027) representing recent solicitations in Georgia; the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (June 2026 bid for over 1,100 grocery line items supporting the National School Lunch Program, closed June 30, 2026) represents activity in Connecticut. The State of Georgia (May 2026, due June 22, 2026) also issued a broader food and kitchen products bid with details in an attached specification document. None of these solicitations explicitly prioritized frozen non-GMO baby bananas as a line item; most treated frozen produce as ancillary to much larger nutrition contracts.