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Certified Seafood
Our "priority one" commitment to quality seafood!

Question: What is certified seafood and what does it mean to me?

Answer: Great question, and one that we love to answer! Cheyney Certified Seafood is our priority one commitment to seafood quality and safety, the main ingredient in our Seafood Protection Plan. Let us explain.

Based on our 75 years of experience as chefs and restaurant owners, we established that the primary objective of Cheyney Seafood would be to provide Four Star Restaurant Quality seafood to our primary customers, the finest restaurants in the area.




Our plan to ensure Four Star Restaurant Quality consists of a system of quality insurance steps backed by a series of fail-safe inspections.

Designed to leave nothing to chance, this system uses multiple layers of assessment to overcome any human error.

Our Four Star Restaurant Quality system incorporates seven key steps.

  1. Quality Suppliers — we source only through government inspected and certified suppliers
  2. Quality Audits — products received from every supplier are subject to on-going quality assurance audits, including review of results with each supplier
  3. Quality Facility — we operate a fully government inspected and certified plant
  4. Quality Inspection — all products are inspected and temperature checked upon arrival at our plant
  5. Freshness Assurance — in an effort to offer the freshest product, we purchase daily and in small quantities
  6. Maximum Shelf Life — all fresh products are processed within 24 hours of arrival and in your hands within 48 hours
  7. Owner Quality Assurance — every fresh order is inspected by our owners prior to shipment

That is how we define Cheyney Certified Seafood. The very finest products, processed by skilled watermen, thoroughly inspected and checked through every step of the process.

The value to you is unsurpassed quality, safety, freshness and shelf life. And Cheyney Certified Seafood costs no more than ordinary seafood. We welcome your visit to our facility and for you to compare the Cheyney Four Star Restaurant Quality system to that of any other vendor. We are confident of your judgment!

"The ocean has always been a salve to my soul...
the best thing for a cut or abrasion was to go swimming in salt water.
Later down the road of life, I made the discovery that salt water was also
good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land."

—Jimmy Buffett