UNSPSC 50547015: Frozen non GMO honeyberries

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO honeyberries 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 50547015 Frozen non-GMO honeyberries is a Commodity code that sees little relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The recent opportunities tagged to this code are school nutrition procurements for broad grocery and produce categories—including fresh produce contracts, frozen foods, comprehensive grocery items spanning hundreds of line items, and main-line food distribution services—none of which specifically identify honeyberries, frozen or otherwise, as a solicited item. The code's nominal scope does not align with what school districts and education agencies are actually buying under the tagged opportunities; the mismatch suggests this Commodity code may be misapplied in available state and local procurement systems or that frozen honeyberries represent an immaterial subset of larger food-service buys that are not separately itemized in bid documents.

State and local school nutrition programs across Georgia, Connecticut, and Missouri have posted multiple opportunities in the first half of 2026 for general fresh produce, frozen foods, and comprehensive grocery supply, including contracts from the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (RFP, April 23, 2026 response date), the Douglas County School System serving 30 districts through the GEC Buying Cooperative (RFP, March 4, 2026), the City Schools of Decatur (IFB, May 15, 2026), the Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri (bid due April 29, 2026), and the Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut (IFB, June 30, 2026). These procurements emphasize USDA Buy American compliance, HACCP food-safety plans, firm pricing throughout the contract term, whole-grain and low-sodium nutrition standards, and delivery to multiple school sites. However, none of these opportunities explicitly names frozen honeyberries as a line item or product category, and frozen specialty berries do not appear in the itemized scopes. Vendors pursuing this Commodity code should verify whether state and local procurement offices intend to use it for honeyberry-specific supply or whether it reflects a data-entry error in the taxonomy assignment.