"I am astounded that the country of the Statue of Liberty and liberalism can ban the consumption of a product that is healthy and sells well," Marie-Pierre Pe, director of the interprofessional committee of foie gras (CIFOG) which groups French producers, said. But Pe downplayed the impact on the sector in the run-up to the end-of-year holidays, when the French routinely gorge on slabs of foie gras on toast. "For us, there is going to be no economic effect as no French company exports (foie gras to the United States)," she said, explaining that French producers, respecting EU legislation, fell foul of American sanitary requirements. Some 80 percent of foie gras consumed worldwide is made in France. According to CIFOG, France produced 18,000 tones of foie gras in 2018 and should match this in 2019.

Source: The Local October 31, 2019 14:15 UTC