California appeals ruling that allowed foie gras again
Source: Associated Press
California appeals ruling that allowed foie gras again
| February 4, 2015 | Updated: February 4, 2015 8:58pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) California filed an appeal Wednesday of a federal judge's ruling that blocked the state's ban on the sale of foie gras a delicacy that gourmets consider heaven and animal rights groups call hell.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris gave notice that she will appeal last month's ruling, which barred California from enforcing its ban on selling fatty goose or duck liver produced out of state. The ban took effect in 2012.
A Hermosa Beach restaurant called Hot's Kitchen, and foie gras producers in New York and Canada challenged the ban. The judge ruled state law doesn't trump federal poultry regulations.
It remains illegal for California farmers to force-feed birds, which is how the delicacy is made.
The restaurant and foie gras producers said they are confident the ruling will be upheld.
"The decision was based on the simple fact that, in the field of meat and poultry, federal law is supreme. California does not have the right to ban wholesome, USDA-approved poultry products, whether it's foie gras or fried chicken," said a statement released by attorney Michael Tenenbaum.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/California-appeals-ruling-that-stopped-foie-gras-6063072.php
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Next up -- McDonald's egg and sausage muffins!
They 'earned' 2 pukes!
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(10,237 posts)fasttense
(17,301 posts)You just have to provide so many tasty delicious foods for the geese that they feed themselves. But brute force and cruelty seems to be the preferred method.
"Force-Feeding
Birds raised for foie gras spend the first four weeks of their lives eating and growing, sometimes in semi-darkness. For the next four weeks, they are confined to cages and fed a high-protein, high-starch diet that is designed to promote rapid growth. Force-feeding begins when the birds are between 8 and 10 weeks old. For 12 to 21 days, ducks and geese are subjected to gavageevery day, up to 4 pounds of grain and fat are forced down the birds throats by means of an auger in a feeding tube.7,8 The Washington Post reported that the tube is pushed 5 inches down their throats, and more food than they want is gunned into their stomachs. If the mushy corn sticks
a stick is sometimes used to force it down. The birds livers, which become engorged from a carbohydrate-rich diet, can grow to be more than 10 times their normal size (a disease called hepatic steatosis). The mortality rate of birds raised for foie gras has been found to be as much as 20 times higher than that of birds raised normally, and carcasses show wing fractures and severe tissue damage."
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/animals-used-food-factsheets/pain-behind-foie-gras/