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Councilors of São Paulo prohibiting foie gras in the city's restaurants
Brasil Post | De Luciana Sarmento
Released: 12/05/2015 21:04 BRT Updated: 12/05/2015 21:55 BRT
The councilors of São Paulo approved in second vote late on Tuesday (12), a bill that bans the sale of foie gras - French culinary delicacy made from the liver of goose or duck - in the city's restaurants .
Authored by Councilman Laércio Benko (PHS), the PL 537/2013 was adopted in symbolic vote when there is agreement among the leaders for approval and parliamentary vote no need to register on the panel - and now goes to sanction the mayor Fernando Haddad .
The production of foie gras ("fatty liver" in French) is a " real suffering for ducks and geese , "said Benko in the project justification.
"It is the enlarged liver of these animals, obtained through the force-feeding method. (...) Sixteen days before slaughter, and from there daily, a funnel of more than 40 cm long is pushed down the neck of these birds . And then forced down the throat of the animal, the machine or by hand , a quantity of cereals mixed with fat that would be equivalent 12.6 kg of spaghetti for a human being. From the 12th day, this process is repeated 3 in 3 hours, ie 8 times a day. By this time, the animal's body is already completely deformed, can not move and breathe with difficulty . With 17 days is dead. "
http://www.brasilpost.com.br/2015/05/12/fois-gras-proibido-sp_n_7270328.html?utm_hp_ref=brazil
Congratulations for having a good heart, decency, and intelligence. Hope this will inspire other people to do what's right on this subject.
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