Duck, duck, goose: foie gras lives on for NYC after the state Division of Agriculture and Markets stopped the ban on the product.
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The state has put a halt to the Massive Apple’s bid to ban foie gras — and one upstate farm has ducked monetary disaster consequently.
“That is the perfect information we may have gotten for Christmas,” Sergio Saravia, whose La Belle Farm in upstate Sullivan County sued to cease the ban, informed The Publish.
Had the town’s proposed Native Regulation 202 gone into impact, Saravia says greater than 100 jobs would have been misplaced at La Belle Farm alone.
The invoice would have banned gross sales of the French delicacy within the 5 boroughs. It was handed in 2019 and as a result of take impact final month. However upstate farmers, reliant on their NYC buyer base, sued and a decide halted the legislation’s enforcement earlier than it may start.
The state Division of Agriculture and Markets determined Thursday the town’s foie gras ban would have interfered with the enterprise of the farms, a violation of state legislation.
“From our perspective, it's a recreation changer. We hope the Metropolis decides to desert the native legislation and maybe shift its assets to different priorities, however the farmers are ready to proceed combating if the Metropolis chooses to problem the order,” lawyer Edward Phillips, who reps the farm, mentioned.
Foie gras, a sort of French pate, is produced from the fattened livers of geese or geese, who're pressure fed. Animal rights activists behind the ban name the usage of tubes to pressure feed the animals inhumane and say foie gras is merciless.
Town has 30 days to ask a court docket to evaluation the state’s resolution.
“We're reviewing the letter and figuring out subsequent steps,” a Regulation Division spokesman mentioned.
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