UNSPSC 50545036: Frozen non GMO roble oranges

The variety of non GMO oranges known as non GMO roble oranges 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 50545036 Frozen non-GMO roble oranges, a Commodity code, does not see meaningful recent activity in state and local procurement. The single recent opportunity tagged with this code—the City of Bridgeport's June 2026 grocery bid for school nutrition—encompasses over 1,100 line items spanning breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, dairy, and meat products, with frozen roble oranges representing one minor commodity within a broad food service procurement. The mismatch between the code's specificity (a single frozen citrus item) and the breadth of what state and local food service programs actually buy suggests this code is rarely used in current procurement practice, if at all.

Recent state and local grocery and produce procurement activity clusters heavily around school districts and school nutrition programs in Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut, typically through IFBs and RFPs with July 1, 2026 contract start dates. Representative recent solicitations include the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's April 2026 fresh produce bid (72 items, 60 delivery sites), the Douglas County School System's February and March 2026 RFPs for fresh produce and eggs across 30 cooperating districts (estimated $5.5 million annual spend), the Rockwood R-VI School District's April 2026 grocery bid (over 900 line items serving 19,000 students), and Early County Board of Education's June 2026 food and non-food bid supporting the National School Lunch Program. Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic agricultural content, HACCP certification, firm fixed pricing with no fuel surcharges, and $1 million general liability insurance are standard requirements across the category. State and local buyers show consistent preference for multiple vendors by line item, whole-grain and low-sodium formulations, and delivery Monday through Friday between morning and early afternoon to central warehouses and individual school sites.