Restaurants and Retailers Ignore Foie Gras Ban: "Animals Have No Rights," Says Food Fancy Executive
Foie Gras is a luxury food as ancient as the pharoes who stuffed themselves with the fattened livers of ducks and geese over a thousand years ago. While many still enjoy this gourmet treat, others are trying to take it off the market completely. Animal rights activists have had foie gras in their sights for years. At issue is the method producers use to fatten the ducks and geese which involves force feeding the watefowl with a metal tube. In July, activists won a major victory in California where a statewide ban prohibiting the sale of foie gras is now in effect.