UNSPSC 50545303: Frozen non GMO august lady peaches

The variety of non GMO peaches known as non GMO august lady peaches 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 50545303 Frozen non-GMO August lady peaches is a Commodity code that, based on recent state and local solicitations, encompasses frozen fruit products procured primarily by school districts to support child nutrition programs operating under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program. School nutrition departments solicit frozen peaches and other frozen produce as line items within broader grocery and frozen-food contracts that span hundreds of items—breakfast staples, vegetables, fruits, dairy, condiments, meats, and prepared entrees. The issuing bodies are school districts and school systems ranging from small rural districts to large urban and county systems; the City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District (St. Louis County, Missouri), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System represent recent active buyers. School districts typically require products to meet USDA Buy American provisions (minimum 51 percent domestic agricultural content in processed items), Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act nutrition standards, whole-grain and low-sodium specifications where applicable, and HACCP food-safety certification with 24/7 recall accessibility. Vendors must deliver to central warehouses and individual school sites Monday through Friday during school hours, maintain firm pricing for the contract term (typically July through June annually), include all packing and transportation costs with no separate fuel surcharges, and carry $500,000 to $2,000,000 in general liability insurance with the school district named as additional insured.

Recent activity clusters heavily in Georgia and Missouri. The Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs (posted February 2026, due March 4, 2026) covers 30 school districts across two areas with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One and $1.1 million for Area Two; the same system issued a separate RFP for main-line food supply and distribution (posted January 2026, due February 18, 2026) with an estimated annual expenditure of approximately $9,000,000. Additional recent Georgia solicitations include the City Schools of Decatur's IFB for frozen foods and grocery items (posted April 2026, due May 15, 2026), Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (posted June 2026, due June 26, 2026), and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's bid for fresh produce (posted March 2026, due April 23, 2026). The Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri solicited grocery items for the 2026-27 school year (posted March 31, 2026, due April 29, 2026) across over 900 line items serving approximately 6,900 lunch and 900 breakfast daily participants. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut issued an IFB for grocery items supporting the Bridgeport Board of Education (posted June 30, 2026, due June 30, 2026) with over 1,100 line items and contract term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Early County Board of Education in Georgia requested line-by-line bids for food and non-food products (posted May 2026, due June 8, 2026) encompassing approximately 300 food items. School district procurement activity under this code runs July-to-June contract cycles with most bids posted between February and June, sealed-bid or IFB notice types, questions due two to four weeks before bid deadlines, and awards typically announced 60 days post-opening.