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Painful truth behind cruel French foie gras industry ; Chris Rundle has got it wrong on several counts on foie gras, "So is foie gras worse than this?" (Western Daily Press, May 6).
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Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
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May 9, 2008
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Chris Rundle has got it wrong on several counts on foie gras, "So
is foie gras worse than this?" (Western Daily Press, May 6).
Foie gras production is not approved at European level - in fact,
the European Union's Scientific Com mittee on Animal Health and
Animal Welfare found the production of foie gras grossly detrimental
to the health of force-fed birds.
It has been banned in European countries that don't already have
an established trade. It is actually the French - possibly pre-
empting a Europe-wide ban - who have enshrined this barbaric
practice as part of their cultural and gastronomic "heritage".
This is not a small-scale industry. The majority of birds used in
foie gras production ...
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