UNSPSC 50543414: Frozen non GMO black monukka grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO black monukka grapes 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 50543414 Frozen non-GMO black monukka grapes is a Commodity code that captures fresh and processed fruit products sold to state and local government food-service operations, particularly school districts and county human-services departments supporting nutrition programs. State and local procurement under this code centers on bulk frozen and fresh fruit purchases for institutional kitchens — including school breakfast and lunch programs, senior services, and food-assistance initiatives — where frozen grapes appear as one line item among hundreds in broad grocery and produce RFQs and IFBs. Issuing bodies include county boards of education, city school districts, county departments of community services, and state-level food procurement offices. School districts dominate the activity, with purchasing driven by National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program compliance requirements, including Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed products) and adherence to the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition standards. Specifications typically require USDA compliance documentation, HACCP plans, 24/7 recall accessibility, and firm pricing throughout the contract term.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia and Connecticut, with Hancock County Board of Education (fresh produce IFB for 2026–27 school year, bids due June 26, 2026), Early County Board of Education (line-by-line food and non-food bid spanning 300+ items, due June 8, 2026), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (informal written quote for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services, due October 19, 2026), and the City of Bridgeport (grocery items for the Board of Education through OpenGov e-Procurement Portal, bids due June 30, 2026) representing the principal recent solicitors. The State of Georgia also posted a food-supplies RFQ (due June 22, 2026) with detailed scope and pricing in an attached document. Frozen grapes do not appear as a named line item in the four detailed solicitations; the code's relevance to these opportunities depends on whether vendors interpret the UNSPSC classification broadly to include all fruit products, or whether the code assignment reflects a data-entry mismatch. Geographic spread is limited to Georgia and Connecticut in the recent record.