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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLawsuit challenges California foie gras ban
AFP - Days after a foie gras ban came into force in California, a Los Angeles restaurant group and others have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the bill outlawing the controversial gastronomic delicacy.
Hot's Restaurant Group, Canada's Association des Eleveurs de Canards et d'Oies du Quebec and New York-based producer Hudson Valley Foie Gras claim the ban is "unconstitutional, vague and interferes with federal commerce laws."
California lawmakers agreed the ban in 2004, but gave the western US state's only foie gras producer seven and a half years to comply before it came into effect on July 1 this year.
Restaurants serving the gourmet item -- made from force-feeding ducks or geese -- can be fined up to $1,000.
But the legal challenge claims the 2004 law is unclear in defining what constitutes force-feeding, said attorney Michael Tenenbaum, who filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles this week.
"The Bird Feeding Law does not provide any intelligible measure -- such as weight, volume, or caloric value -- by which those involved in the feeding of the ducks ... may determine at what point a duck has been fed 'more food' than the statute allows," says the lawsuit, cited by the Los Angeles Times.
Hot's Restaurant Group, Canada's Association des Eleveurs de Canards et d'Oies du Quebec and New York-based producer Hudson Valley Foie Gras claim the ban is "unconstitutional, vague and interferes with federal commerce laws."
California lawmakers agreed the ban in 2004, but gave the western US state's only foie gras producer seven and a half years to comply before it came into effect on July 1 this year.
Restaurants serving the gourmet item -- made from force-feeding ducks or geese -- can be fined up to $1,000.
But the legal challenge claims the 2004 law is unclear in defining what constitutes force-feeding, said attorney Michael Tenenbaum, who filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles this week.
"The Bird Feeding Law does not provide any intelligible measure -- such as weight, volume, or caloric value -- by which those involved in the feeding of the ducks ... may determine at what point a duck has been fed 'more food' than the statute allows," says the lawsuit, cited by the Los Angeles Times.
http://www.france24.com/en/20120706-lawsuit-challenges-california-foie-gras-ban
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Lawsuit challenges California foie gras ban (Original Post)
FarCenter
Jul 2012
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Lionessa
(3,894 posts)1. How hard is it to understand "force" feed.
I think that's pretty straight forward. If they eat it willingly, then it isn't forced. If it is forced into them, then it's forced.
Am I misunderstanding something?
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)2. I am on the wrong side of this since I think the ban
is a bit of an over reach, But.....
When they force feed these birds they put a ring around their necks so they can't regurgitate the food back up/out.
I think we can safely call that force feeding.
The good stuff comes from France anyways. I'm not sure what is up with this law but I can't see banning something imported like that. It isn't like France is subject to California laws.
longship
(40,416 posts)3. Duck? I thought it was goose.
Whatta I know?