Farms say NYC foie gras ban would be devastating in lawsuit
New York City’s planned ban on the sale of foie gras is being challenged in court by two upstate farms that claim it would leave them financially devastated.
The two major foie gras producers, Hudson Valley Foie Gras and La Belle Farm, said the law enacting the ban set to go into effect Nov. 25 should be declared “invalid and void” in a lawsuit filed Friday in state court in Manhattan.
Proponents say the production of foie gras — the fattened liver of a duck or goose — is cruel to the animals because it involves force feeding.