Foie gras news.Foie Gras foie gras (fwä grä) [Fr.,=fat liver], livers of artificially fattened geese. Ducks and chickens are also sometimes used in the making of foie gras. The birds, kept in close coops to prevent exercise, are systematically fed to the limit of their capacity. Under this treatment the livers are brought to weigh 2 or 3 lb (1.0–1. News: California banned force-feeding ducks or geese to make pate PATE - Philippine Association for Technical Education PATE - Product Assurance Test and Evaluation PATE - Production Acceptance Test & Evaluation de foie gras after 2012 under a bill sought by animal-rights activists, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The delay of almost eight years is intended to allow time to find a way to produce foie gras without using tubes to force-feed geese. The force-feeding makes bird livers 10 times larger than they otherwise would be. |
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