UNSPSC 50543458: Frozen non GMO muscat grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO muscat 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 50543458 Frozen non-GMO muscat grapes (Commodity) does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under this code. The available opportunities—including school nutrition programs procuring hundreds of line items across fresh produce, frozen foods, dairy, meats, grains, and supplies—bear no meaningful connection to a single frozen specialty grape variety. No recent solicitations explicitly request frozen non-GMO muscat grapes or identify this product as a distinct line item.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual procurement activity suggests either a data-tagging error in the underlying procurement system or that frozen non-GMO muscat grapes represent an immaterial subcommodity within broader grocery and produce solicitations that dominate state and local school nutrition procurement. School districts and education departments across Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut—the primary jurisdictions in the recent opportunity set—solicit fresh and frozen produce in high volume through regular annual IFBs and RFPs, but those solicitations span dozens of apple varieties, berries, root vegetables, and processed items without singling out frozen muscat grapes as a specification or line item. Pursuing this code on the assumption that it will reliably surface frozen-muscat-grape opportunities would be unproductive; a vendor in this specialty product should instead monitor school nutrition procurement portals in target states directly and bid fresh or frozen muscat grapes as part of broader produce line-item responses where product specifications permit it.