UNSPSC 50543496: Frozen non GMO zante current grapes

The variety of non GMO table grapes known as non GMO zante current 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 50543496 Frozen non-GMO Zante current grapes (Commodity) represents a narrowly specialized ingredient within state and local school nutrition procurement, though the recent solicitation activity under this code shows minimal direct alignment with its specific scope. State and local school districts and their nutrition services departments procure frozen and fresh produce through broad-spectrum grocery and food-supply IFBs and RFPs that bundle produce items across many categories—apples, berries, vegetables, citrus, and specialty items—rather than targeting individual commodity lines like Zante currants. When frozen grape products do appear, they surface within larger dried-fruit or snack specifications within those bundled procurements, not as standalone line items. The code's nominal specificity (non-GMO frozen Zante currants) reflects a commodity taxonomy designed for ingredient-level tracking, but state and local school food authorities typically award based on consolidated vendor relationships covering dozens to hundreds of line items at once, making pursuit under this single code alone impractical without visibility into whether the district's produce RFP includes currants as a listed item.

Recent activity across Georgia, Connecticut, and Missouri school districts—including Bridgeport's June 2026 grocery-items IFB (1,100+ line items), Hancock County's fresh-produce solicitation (200+ items), Decatur's frozen-foods IFB, Savannah-Chatham's produce contract (72 items), Douglas County's cooperative RFP for fresh produce and eggs ($4.4 million Area One, $1.1 million Area Two), and Rockwood R-VI's 900+ line-item grocery procurement—shows that districts source produce and frozen products through competitive awards made to single or multiple vendors on a line-item basis, with firm pricing, Buy American compliance at 51 percent domestic content, HACCP plans, and delivery to school sites Monday through Friday. No recent solicitations explicitly name frozen Zante currants or single-commodity frozen-grape line items in their published scopes. A vendor pursuing this code should verify that target district RFPs include currants or dried-fruit lines before investing in pre-bid outreach; the broader play lies in bundled fresh and frozen produce supply agreements where currants might be one of many requested items.