UNSPSC 50541804: Frozen non GMO wintergreen barberries

The variety of non GMO barberries known as non GMO wintergreen barberries 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 50541804 Frozen non-GMO wintergreen barberries, a Commodity code, does not see meaningful recent procurement activity aligned with its specific scope. The source contains nine recent state and local contract opportunities, but none directly solicits frozen non-GMO wintergreen barberries or products within that narrow specialty produce category. Instead, the opportunities span general grocery procurement, broad fresh produce contracts, food service distribution, and school nutrition programs across multiple states—all of which fall outside the barberry commodity scope. The mismatch between the code's narrowly defined product line and the generic food-service work actually being solicited suggests either classification error at the source agency or that barberries, if purchased at all under this code, represent an immaterial line item within larger multisource grocery or produce contracts.

State and local school districts and purchasing departments dominate the recent opportunities in the source, including the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia), and the City Schools of Decatur (Georgia). These entities solicit food and produce contracts to support the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, typically through IFB, RFP, or RFQ notices with firm-fixed pricing and delivery to multiple school sites. The geographic concentration runs heavily toward Georgia and the Southeast, with additional activity in Connecticut and Missouri. If wintergreen barberries are procured at the state or local level at all, they would likely appear as a single line item within a 300-to-1,100-item grocery or specialty produce solicitation rather than as a standalone contract vehicle. The recent opportunities provide no signal of dedicated barberry procurement or vendor demand for this commodity code.