The U.S. Department of Agriculture has urged a federal judge in California to dismiss a case by an animal rights group that wants the government to ban foie gras under the argument that it is an adulterated food product, noting that the plaintiffs must show that USDA's policy of permitting foie gras to enter the food supply affects them in a "personal and individual way."
Among other issues, the defendants argue that "nowhere in the complaint is there an allegation that any plaintiff, or indeed anyone at all, has ever developed any type of illness from consuming foie gras," and the plaintiffs must demonstrate that future injury is more than just possible, it must have already occurred or is "certainly impending."
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