UNSPSC 50545041: Frozen non GMO shamouti jaffa oranges

The variety of non GMO oranges known as non GMO shamouti jaffa 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 50545041 Frozen non-GMO Shamouti Jaffa oranges is a Commodity code that does not align with the recent state and local procurement activity recorded under it. The recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for frozen specialty citrus products; instead, the tagged opportunities reflect broad school-nutrition and food-service procurement spanning shelf-stable grocery items, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, and non-food supplies. The code appears to lack meaningful recent state and local activity aligned with its nominal scope of frozen specialty oranges.

The mismatch suggests either a classification error in how opportunities were tagged to this code or minimal procurement volume under the specific frozen-citrus commodity. State and local purchasing offices that handle school nutrition, county social services, and municipal food programs do actively procure fresh and processed citrus products as part of larger food-service solicitations—as evidenced by the Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (June 26, 2026 response date) and the City of Bridgeport Board of Education's grocery-items RFQ (June 30, 2026 response date)—but these opportunities do not isolate frozen Jaffa oranges as a line-item focus. Pursuing opportunities under this code would require direct outreach to school districts, county social-services departments, and correctional or institutional food-service buyers to identify standalone or line-item demand for the specific product, rather than relying on posted solicitations tagged to this commodity code.