- The NY City Council overwhelmingly passed a ban on the sale of foie gras beginning in 2022.
- Considered a luxury food item, foie gras is the fattened liver of a duck or goose.
- Animal cruelty: The ban was implemented because most foie gras is produced via gavage, or by force-feeding ducks with a fatty corn-based mixture to engorge their livers.
- “The process requires tubes to be inserted into a duck’s throat for a 20-day feeding regimen”.
- Foie gras farmers claim force-feeding claims are exaggerated.
