The famous French cuisine foie gras has been "delisted" by New York, one of the world's largest international cities.
Agence France Presse reported that on October 30 local time, the City Council of New York, the largest city in the United States, voted by an overwhelming majority of 42 votes in favor and 6 votes against a bill: from 2022, the city will prohibit the sale of foie gras.
The report said that legislators ruled that it was cruel to force ducks and geese to feed their livers for human consumption. To this end, New York City will prohibit any restaurant from selling, serving or even owning foie gras. The act stipulates that the ban will officially enter into force in October 2022, and violators will be fined from US $500 to US $2000.
Once the bill was passed, there was both support and opposition from the outside world.
An animal rights activist said, 'this is a historic day for New York City to protect animal rights.' Previously, some critics said that the process of making goose liver or duck liver was very cruel. In order to expand the goose or duck liver to more than 10 times the normal value, breeders often feed ducks and geese through a tube.
However, goose liver farmers complain that their practices are not cruel, and activists exaggerate the suffering of animals. To this end, some even threatened to take legal action.
'we're going to fight them back in court,' said izyane, co-founder of Hudson Valley foie gras, one of the major foie gras manufacturers in New York state. The ban will seriously hit her business. 'I have 400 employees and they have worked for me for 30 years, which makes them face a disaster.'
It is reported that at present, the bill only needs the signature of mayor Bai Sihao to take effect.
In January this year, the U.S. Supreme Court passed the 'foie gras ban' in California, stipulating that foie gras sold and consumed privately in California will be punished by $1000. The ruling also ended a 15 year long judicial dispute.