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16 July 2020

California Foie Gras Ban Upheld By U.S. District Court

Despite some misleading news coverage this week, the claim that foie gras is
back on California restaurant menus is FALSE, says California attorney Bryan
Pease, in concurrence with The Humane Society of the United States, who reports
that the U.S. District Court "ruled that the state's foie gras sales ban is
entirely constitutional, reaffirming California's authority to keep cruel
products out of its marketplace."
See Court rules California's foie gras ban is constitutional:
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Pease explains that the July 14, 2020 ruling by the U.S. District Court in Los
Angeles was "a final rejection" of the foie gras industry's continued attempts
to circumvent the Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court rulings upholding CA's
humane law against the sale of foie gras.

Foie gras is a diseased-liver "delicacy" obtained from slaughtered ducks and
geese whose fat-sickened livers are produced by cranking slop in metal pipes
down their throats.

California's ban on the production and sale of foie gras went into effect July
1, 2012, having been signed into law by CA's governor in 2004.

Foie gras can be legally shipped by out-of-state-producers for consumption at
home in California, but restaurant sales are prohibited.

Attorney Bryan Pease clarifies that it "has never been illegal to purchase foie
gras out of state and bring it in. The ban is simply against the sale of foie
gras from force-fed ducks [and geese] within the state, such as restaurants or
stores. It was never a possession ban or an import ban."

The July 14th ruling, he says, "DENIES Hudson Valley Foie Gras' motion to
rconsider, and specifically notes that as to foie gras purchased outside of CA,
'once the foie gras reaches California, it cannot be resold within the state.'"

For more information, see:

Animal rights activists sue biggest US foie gras distributor 7 November 2019:
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Clarification of NYC Ban on Foie Gras 2 November 2019
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NYC Passes Ban on Foie Gras Putting Animal Welfare First 30 October 2019
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California's Foie Gras Ban Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, January 2019 All-Creatures.org:
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