UNSPSC 50541807: Frozen non GMO japanese barberries

The variety of non GMO barberries known as non GMO japanese 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 50541807 Frozen non-GMO Japanese barberries, a Commodity code, does not see meaningful recent state and local procurement activity aligned with its scope. The single recent solicitation record mentioning this code is a June 30, 2026 grocery-items RFQ from the City of Bridgeport Board of Education spanning over 1,100 line items (breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, seasonings, vegetables, fruits, dairy, snack items, beverages, and meat products), but the solicitation itself does not specify frozen barberries as a line item or scope element. The other three recent opportunities in the dataset — Gwinnett County's October 2026 food-items IWQ, Hancock County Schools' June 2026 fresh-produce IFB, and Early County Schools' June 2026 food-bid IFB — involve shelf-stable and fresh categories (peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, apples, berries, cruciferous and root vegetables, leafy greens, specialty produce) with no mention of barberries or specialty berries in frozen form.

School districts and county governments are the principal state and local buyers in this dataset, concentrated in Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County, Early County) and Connecticut (Bridgeport), with the State of Georgia also posting a food-supplies bid in May 2026. The absence of barberries—frozen or otherwise—across these representative opportunities suggests the code either carries minimal procurement volume in state and local markets or has been applied inconsistently to unrelated food-procurement activities. Firms evaluating this code should flag it as inactive pending field validation or reconfirmation of its actual use in state and local food-service contracting.