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After a slew of restaurants were discovered substituting other, less expensive white fish for Grouper, the Attorney General’s office began investigating. Today they reached a settlement with food supplier Sysco. The Attorney General’s investigation revealed that Sysco West Coast supplied grouper products to 14 of the 17 restaurants under investigation for serving alternate species of fish. Attorney General Spokesperson Sandi Coates says in the settlement, the giant company has promised to start randomly testing grouper samples.

“As part of the settlement, Sysco will be taking different steps to ensure that when they market fish items as grouper, they are taking steps to ensure there is commercial responsibility, and that they are actually sending grouper to the restaurant”  Says Copes.

If the company determines through testing that what it is marketing as Grouper is not Grouper, the company has promised to donate the food to area food banks and soup kitchens. The company will also pay the state $200,000 in investigative costs.