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The 2012 state law still bans foie gras production in California while restaurants and retailers are forbidden to sell it or give it away. Californians can buy foie gras produced out of state ...
The Supreme Court said Monday it won't get involved in a dispute over a California animal cruelty law that bars foie gras from being sold in the state, leaving in place a lower court ruling ...
The California foie gras law or Senate Bill 1520 (S.B. 1520) [1] is a California State statute that prohibits the "force feed[ing of] a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird's liver beyond normal size" (California Health and Safety Code § 25981) as well as the sale of products that are a result of this process (§ 25982). [2]
Foie gras is made by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to 10 times their size — a practice that some consider cruel.
The report of the European Union's Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare, Welfare Aspects of the Production of Foie Gras in Ducks and Geese, [22] adopted on December 16, 1998, is an 89-page review of studies from several producing countries. It examines several indicators of animal welfare, including physiological indicators ...
In 2018, California's voters approved Proposition 12, which seeks to better the treatment of pigs kept for livestock by barring the sale of pork produced in conditions that are common in the industry today. Much of the pork consumed in the state is imported from other parts of the United States, so the proposition affects the national pork ...
During the devastating wildfires, California Governor, Gavin Newsom has failed spectacularly on both a political and human level. AP This all stops with the top, even if it was a “local” issue.
A mulard duck, the hybrid used most frequently for foie gras production. Foie gras (French for 'fat liver'); (French: [fwa ɡʁɑ] ⓘ, English: / ˌ f w ɑː ˈ ɡ r ɑː / ⓘ) is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. According to French law, [1] foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by gavage ...