USA: Animal-rights groups target French delicacy

Campaign to ban foie gras got fresh push when Chicago's City Council voted to outlaw its sale in city restaurants and supermarkets

Pate de foie gras, a pricey French delicacy made from duck or goose livers that's often found on gourmet restaurant menus, is the center of the latest raging political fight concerning the food on your plate.

Animal-rights groups have long contended that pate results from a cruel process in which ducks or geese are force-fed to make their livers diseased before slaughter......

Source: Animal-rights groups target French delicacy

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