UNSPSC 50542510: Frozen non GMO king cherries

The variety of non GMO cherries known as non GMO king cherries 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 50542510 Frozen non-GMO king cherries is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains nine school district, city, and county food service solicitations posted between January and June 2026, none of which specifically reference frozen non-GMO king cherries or any cherry products. The solicitations span broad grocery, produce, and frozen-food categories—including fresh produce (apples, berries, citrus, leafy greens, root vegetables), frozen foods and grocery staples, eggs, meats, dairy, and prepared entrees—but no opportunity identifies cherries, frozen or otherwise, as a line item or named commodity within their 72 to 1,100+ item scopes.

The issuing bodies consist entirely of school districts, school boards, and school nutrition services—the Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, the City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and the Douglas County School System—along with the State of Georgia and the City of Bridgeport's purchasing office. Geographic activity is concentrated in Georgia and extends to Connecticut, Missouri, and multi-state cooperative purchasing vehicles. The mismatch between the code's specificity (frozen non-GMO king cherries) and the actual procurement activity under it (broad commodity procurement by school nutrition programs) suggests either that frozen non-GMO king cherries are rarely or never purchased under this code by state and local entities, or that issuing bodies tag broader code families rather than individual commodity codes when posting solicitations.