The sustainability practices practiced across Cornell University's dining halls now extend to seafood.
Cornell is the first Ivy League school to earn the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Chain of Custody certification. The rigorous audit attests that fish stock comes from sustainable fisheries that are concerned with the marine ecosystem; and is supplied by processors and distributors that also have been checked out for sustainable sourcing practices.
Cornell's move comes amid heightened scrutiny of seafood labeling programs. Recent studies highlighted by non-profit Oceana suggest that seafood may be mislabeled as often as 25 to 70 percent of the time for fish like red snapper, wild salmon and Atlantic cod. The fraud is rampant in grocery stories and smaller restaurants catering to the seafood trade.
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