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This week, a federal court ruling affirmed the constitutionality of California’s foie gras ban after rejecting the foie gras industry’s many attacks.
The United States District Court for the Central District of California dismissed the industry’s constitutional challenge in its entirety, and prohibited the plaintiffs from trying to renew their claims to undo the foie gras ban.
The court left open a narrow window for the challengers to try to substantiate their request that the ban not apply to out of state producers seeking to sell foie gras to California buyers.
California banned the sale and production of foie gras out of concern for the welfare of the geese and ducks that suffer tremendously in the process of making foie gras.
As previously reported by WAN, foie gras is produced by force-feeding ducks or geese until their livers swell up to ten times their natural size, inducing a painful disease of the liver. The birds are then slaughtered so their livers can be served as a so-called “delicacy” for human consumption.
