AR-News: (US-ca)Bill would outlaw foie gras

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[from Sacramento Bee]

Marc Deconcinck, chef at Le Bilig French Cafe, proudly serves the silky
delicacy known as foie gras to discriminating diners at his Auburn restaurant.

But not for long, if animal activists and a powerful California lawmaker
have their way. They argue that production of foie gras, fatty liver
derived from ducks and geese that are force-fed, amounts to animal cruelty
and want the pricey item to disappear from dinner plates and grocery
shelves in California.

Foodies are bracing for a full-on foie gras fight.

"If they ban it, I might have to use it secretly," Deconcinck said, only
half-jokingly. "I am a French chef, after all!"
...
Members of the group Animal Protection and Rescue League have seized ducks
from Sonoma Foie Gras, the only producer of the delicacy in the western
United States, sued the operation for animal cruelty, and circulated
videotapes of workers feeding ducks by forcing pipes into their gullets.
The company's owner said he has received death threats and that his
restaurant has been vandalized.

Now activists have the support of a key state lawmaker, Senate President
Pro Tem John Burton, who last month introduced a measure that would ban
foie gras from being produced and consumed in California. The state would
be the first in the nation to ban the product, though it has been outlawed
in several other countries, including Israel and Germany.

full story:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/8378496p-9308266c.html

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