‘Bizarre delicacy is cruel’: De Blasio signs bill banning foie gras in NYC by Zachary Halaschak (???)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bizarre-delicacy-is-cruel-de-blasio-signs-bill-banning-foie-gras-in-nyc
Whew! We have until 2022! By then we may be dining by candlelight and using our fingers instead of utensils.rsk
Foie gras will soon be pulled from menus across New York City after Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation that bans sales of the French delicacy.
De Blasio signed the bill into law on Monday. It had been widely supported by the New York City Council, which voted overwhelmingly in favor of banning the food over concerns of animal cruelty. The ban will go into effect in 2022 and is expected to have an impact on the approximately 1,000 restaurants that serve the dish, according to the New York Times.
Foie gras, created through a process called gavage, is made from the liver of a duck or goose that is force-fed a fatty mixture through a tube inserted into its throat. During the 20-day feeding process, the bird’s liver becomes engorged for human consumption.
Allie Feldman Taylor, president of Voters for Animal Rights, hailed the decision.
“New York has sent a clear message to foie gras producers that shoving a foot-long pipe down a bird’s throat and intentionally diseasing and enlarging their liver up to ten times its normal size in order to create some bizarre delicacy is cruel and has no place in our compassionate city,” Taylor said in a press release.
Marco Moreira, the executive chef and owner of French restaurant Tocqueville, criticized the law and said that it would damage the city’s fine dining scene.
“New York is the mecca of dining in the world. How is it possible that New York doesn’t have foie gras?” Moreira said. “What’s next? No more veal? No more mushrooms?”
California has also banned the sale of foie gras, and the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the decision in January. Other countries such as the United Kingdom, India, and Israel have also placed prohibitions on the food.
The new law will fine those who disobey the ban $2,000 for each violation.
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