A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a California law that bans the sale of foie gras made by the force-feeding of ducks and geese. The law gave producers a grace period of more than seven years to find a new method of making foie gras. Producers and a restaurant that serves foie gras filed suit to overturn the ban on sales. Marcus Henley, the manager at Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York, said in an email to The Times, “We will appeal. … I enjoy eating foie gras, but it’s not going to end what I do.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 15, 2017 17:37 UTC