The University of California, Berkeley, has become the first public university in America to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification.
This enables Cal Dining to serve its students, faculty and guests MSC-certified sustainable seafood.
“In line with UC Berkeley’s and Residential and Student Service Program’s commitment to green and sustainable practices, Cal Dining has long been considered a leader in college and university dining, and our team has achieved another milestone,” said Shawn LaPean, executive director of dining for UC Berkeley’s Housing & Dining Operations. “Five years after becoming the first university dining program in the country to achieve organic certification, we are happy to announce that, UC Berkeley’s Cal Dining is the first public university dining program to be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.”
“Cal Dining will work with MSC-certified suppliers to provide MSC-certified seafood to our customers whenever financially feasible,” said Mr LaPean, “and once we receive the product, we will maintain the integrity by labelling and storing away from non certified product and will only use the official ecolabel on our menus when certified seafood is being served.”
