UNSPSC 50544000: Frozen non GMO kumquats

The type of fruit from any of several small yellow to orange citrus fruits with sweet spongy rind and somewhat acid pulp that are used chiefly for preserves produced by a tree or shrub (genus fortunella) of the rue family 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 50544000 Frozen non-GMO kumquats, a Class code, does not map to the actual scope of state and local procurement activity currently being solicited under this classification. The recent opportunities tagged with this code—Gwinnett County's shelf-stable food items, the City of Bridgeport's school lunch program grocery procurement, Hancock County Schools' fresh produce, the State of Georgia's general food and kitchen products, and Early County Schools' food and non-food products—span broad categories of meal-service commodities including fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and paper supplies. The code's nominal scope does not align with these solicitations, which target comprehensive food-service sourcing rather than a single specialty frozen fruit product. This mismatch suggests the code may be a default classification or data artifact rather than a meaningful category for active state and local procurement.

The issuing bodies represent the typical mix of education and human-services purchasing: school boards (Hancock County, Early County, and the Bridgeport Board of Education via the City of Bridgeport), county governments (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services), and a state department (Georgia). Recent activity concentrates in Georgia and Connecticut, with the most detailed recent solicitations posted between May and October 2026. The Hancock County Schools IFB for fresh produce (bids due June 26, 2026) and the Early County Schools food bid (bids due June 8, 2026) represent typical school-year contracting cycles under this code, both structured as sealed-bid IFBs with multi-month contract terms running July through June. Given the substantial mismatch between the code's frozen-fruit name and the broad food-service procurement actually occurring, firms targeting state and local food-service markets should verify that opportunities are correctly classified before relying on this UNSPSC code for pipeline development.