California's Foie Gras Ban Left Intact By US High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court left intact California’s ban on the sale of foie gras, a delicacy made from the livers of force-fed ducks, as the justices turned away an appeal from producers in New York and Canada.

The high court today refused to second-guess a federal appeals court’s conclusion that the ban probably complies with the U.S. Constitution. The producers argued unsuccessfully that the law illegally interferes with interstate and foreign commerce.

Foie gras farmers use a tube to force-feed a corn mixture to ducks two or three times a day during the final weeks before slaughter. The process causes the duck’s liver to enlarge to several times its normal size.

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