In Ball, the court held that New York City's foie gras ban violates section 305-a of New York's Agriculture & Markets Law (AML).Section 305-a prevents local governments from enacting laws ...

Foie gras appetizers are served to guests at La Toque restaurant in Napa on Monday, during a special event to raise money to protest a ban on foie gras that is scheduled to take effect on July 1.

After California voted for a foie gras ban in 2004, the French government also intervened there, saying it would be “an assault on French tradition.” (The French consider foie gras to be part ...

Case tracker: Race, religion and debt: Here are the biggest cases pending at the Supreme Court California, which enacted its law in 2004, was the first state to ban foie gras. The ban raised ...

Foie gras from force-fed poultry was outlawed in California by a bill that passed the state Legislature in 2004 and went into effect in 2012. The ban had been challenged in court by the Hot’s ...

The politics of foie gras. De Blasio, who signed the ban, wouldn’t be caught dead at either of those spots, preferring to burnish his progressive credentials by railing against elites.

That state’s ban kicked in July 1; a direct slap in the face to cultural icons like Thomas Keller of the French Laundry who used foie gras to define modern American cuisine.

Foie gras ban proves confusing, hard to enforce. State law bans the sale of the delicacy, but chefs and sellers say it's full of loopholes that determined devotees can exploit.

California is notable for being the only state to ban the production and sale of foie gras. The state passed a ban on the production and sale of the delicacy in 2004, which took effect in 2012.

In 2012, California’s foie gras ban went into effect, only to have the ban overturned in 2015. Then, in 2017, the ban was upheld by a circuit court judge – a decision that was backed by the US ...

New York City's terrible foie gras ban, passed in 2019 at the urging of animal-rights groups, is on life support.. In an order issued last week, the state's agriculture department found the city's ...