UNSPSC 50541704: Frozen non GMO cavendish bananas

The variety of non GMO bananas known as non GMO cavendish 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 50541704 Frozen non-GMO Cavendish bananas, a Commodity code, sees limited direct recent solicitation activity at the state and local level; however, frozen and fresh produce procurement by school nutrition programs regularly includes banana line items within broader grocery and produce contracts. State and local governments buying under this code are primarily school districts sourcing produce for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, with occasional municipal purchasing departments procuring for citywide food service operations. The scope of work involves delivering fresh or frozen bananas meeting USDA Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content for processed items), Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards, and specific ripeness, quality, and packaging specifications for school food service distribution. Bananas typically appear as individual line items within multi-hundred-item food service solicitations spanning produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared foods rather than as standalone procurement vehicles.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut issued an IFB (BNB052266) due June 30, 2026, covering over 1,100 grocery line items for the Bridgeport Board of Education, with frozen products including bananas among the scope and delivery to 113 Federal Street and designated school sites. In Georgia, the Douglas County School System procured fresh produce and eggs for 30 cooperating districts via RFP SN 26-004 (due March 4, 2026) with approximately 72 line items and estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One; the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System bid fresh produce (Bid 26-34, due April 23, 2026) covering 72 items with 21,125 cases of Fuji apples and smaller quantities of bananas and other staples; and Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce for 2026-27 (IFB SN002-2027, due June 26, 2026) spanning multiple produce categories. Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri (St. Louis County) requested grocery items for 2026-27 (April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items including fruits and bananas. Early County Board of Education in Georgia bid approximately 300 food items (June 8, 2026) with fruits as a category. No standalone banana procurement was identified in the available records; all activity appears embedded within broader food service contracts.