Article: Foie gras could become faux pas in New Jersey

Article: Lawmaker proposes banning production of foie gras ...
Press of Atlantic City;  August 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Huber, who has visited foie gras farms in France. "I ... Treatment of Animals. "Foie gras is the most cruel type ... that we see today." New Jersey should go one step further and ban the sale of foie gras, as Chicago did this ...

Article: Microwaveable foie gras? Believe it.(Knight Ridder ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 11, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the world's largest producer of foie gras _ and tasted it against some other ... recently was the most common form of foie gras in this country. But first, I ... co-owner of D'Artagnan, the New Jersey foie gras and charcuterie producer and importer ...

Article: WATERTOWN ONCE A FOIE GRAS CAPITAL.(FRONT)(THE ...
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  August 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... producing and eating foie gras. Other state and ... that a member of the New Jersey Assembly, Joan M ... opposed to the sale of foie gras, which is legal in New Jersey. She just wants ... the production of foie gras has never been exactly ...

Article: Fat geese, fatter lawyers; Gastronomy.(Outlawing foie ...
The Economist (US);  May 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... figs or their terrine of foie gras with cranberry port reduction? America's three foie gras producers--from New York state, New Jersey and California--teamed ... form the North American Foie Gras Producers Association ...

Article: Foie gras foes focus efforts on Hudson Valley farm
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... California is banning force-fed foie gras starting in 2012 and Chicago in August banned foie gras sales. Similar bans are being ... cities and states, including New Jersey. As foie gras foes score regional victories ...

Article: Proposed Ban Concerns Foie Gras Supplier
AP Online;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... restaurants from selling foie gras, and city officials ... for its repeal A New Jersey law proposed last ... the production of foie gras." Assemblyman ... distribution and sale of foie gras, since it is not produced in New Jersey. "I'm not naive ...

Article: Foie gras ban
Press of Atlantic City;  September 9, 2006 ;     264 words ... ... the delicacy known as foie gras. It's a noble effort ... except there are only three foie gras farms in the nation, and none are in New Jersey. It's easy to target ... elite gourmet item like foie gras. But the bigger problem ...