UNSPSC 50547013: Frozen non GMO hackberries

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO hackberries 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 50547013 Frozen non-GMO hackberries, a Commodity code, describes niche specialty food ingredients purchased by state and local school districts and municipalities to support child nutrition and food service operations. However, the recent opportunities tagged under this code show no solicitations for frozen hackberries specifically; instead, they reflect broad grocery, frozen-food, and fresh-produce procurement for school nutrition programs across multiple states. The scope of work being solicited is comprehensive food service supply — frozen and fresh produce, dairy, proteins, grains, prepared items, and ancillary supplies — rather than a single-item commodity. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix, with recent bids posted by the Bridgeport Board of Education, Hancock County Board of Education, Early County Board of Education, City Schools of Decatur, Rockwood R-VI School District, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System, and Douglas County School System; a state-level procurement from Georgia and a cooperative buying vehicle (GEC Buying Cooperative) also appear. Most solicitations are IFBs or RFPs with firm-price contracts for school nutrition supply terms running July 1 through June 30 of the following year.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia, Connecticut, and Missouri, with the bulk of recent opportunities posted from February through June 2026 in the Southeast. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Bridgeport's June 30, 2026 IFB for over 1,100 line items of grocery items supporting the National School Lunch Program with Buy American compliance and nutritional standards; Hancock County Board of Education's June 26, 2026 IFB for fresh produce across three delivery sites with 51 percent domestic content requirements; and Douglas County School System's cooperative-vehicle RFP for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with approximately $4.4 million annual spend for Area One. All require HACCP plans, food-recall procedures, general liability insurance typically at $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, and compliance with USDA nutrition standards and Buy American provisions. The code as named appears to be a taxonomy mismatch — no recent activity solicits frozen hackberries specifically, suggesting either inactive demand for this particular item or systematic misclassification in the source data.