UNSPSC 50547211: Frozen non GMO gaeta olives

The variety of non GMO olives known as non GMO gaeta olives 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 50547211 Frozen non-GMO Gaeta olives is a Commodity code that nominally describes a single frozen-olive product, but recent state and local solicitations show little direct purchasing activity for this specific item. The code appears in school district and municipal food service RFPs tagged for broad grocery and food supply procurements, yet the opportunities presented focus on comprehensive fresh produce, frozen foods, and general school nutrition supplies rather than specialty frozen olives. School districts dominate the issuing bodies in the recent record — the Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Early County Board of Education (Georgia), City Schools of Decatur (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), Douglas County School System (Georgia serving 30 districts through a cooperative), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) — with municipal purchasing offices and state agencies appearing less frequently. The code shows no clear separation between specialty frozen-olive procurement and general frozen-food or produce categories within individual solicitations.

Geographic activity concentrates in Georgia and states in the mid-South and Northeast, with recent postings from Connecticut, Georgia, and Missouri. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' grocery-items IFB (BNB052266, response due June 30, 2026) spanning over 1,100 line items for the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services, subject to Buy American provisions and National School Lunch Program compliance; Hancock County Board of Education's fresh-produce IFB (PE67080NONST2027000000013, response due June 26, 2026) covering over 200 produce items with delivery to three school sites; and the Douglas County School System's RFP for fresh produce and eggs (PE64810NONST2026000000047, response due March 4, 2026) serving 30 school districts across Georgia with estimated annual spending of $4.4 million for Area One. The code's narrow nominal scope does not align with the breadth of these solicitations, and frozen specialty olives do not appear as line items in the recent opportunities reviewed.