Fight to criminalize foie gras heads to City Council (NYC)

[mountaineer]

New York City jumping on the anti-fois gras bandwagon.

Fight to criminalize foie gras heads to City Council
by Rich Calder
June 17, 2019

...   A bill that would make it illegal for eateries to serve the controversial French pate — made by force-feeding the birds to fatten up their livers — will take center stage at a make-or-break City Council hearing.

“Force-feeding a duck for the sole purpose of … enlarging his liver to 10 times its normal size to create some bizarre delicacy is barbaric and disgusting,” Allie Feldman Taylor, president of Voters for Animal Rights, told The Post.
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But critics — ranging from foodies to upstate farmers — say the ban is for the birds.

“[It would] drastically harm the business of small farmers in upstate New York, creating an industry domino effect with repercussions to the suppliers and companies,” said Andy Wertheim, president of D’Artagnan, a top national seller of foie gras and other gourmet game. He insists foie gras products are typically raised humanely in the industry.   ... Full story at NY Post

Yes, please

[Gefn]

I believe there was a ban in California for this for several years and then it was overturned

I don’t eat veal because I’m opposed to it but I won’t push my views on people.

Besides it’s super duper expensive to eat fois gras.