Even if the dishes sold in America are produced locally, the French industry fears bad global publicity.
At New York
Vigil of arms at Félix’s, one of the most famous French restaurants in Manhattan, on West Broadway. In a few hours, this Wednesday, the City of New York will vote a moratorium on foie gras. The measure is guaranteed to pass: the animal rights association Peta has led a vigorous campaign to denounce the methods of force-feeding deemed to be “Cruel and inhuman”, Supporting video documents to document the suffering inflicted on geese to allow their liver to expand during the production process.
“These videos come from Eastern European countries! They have nothing to do with the way we work ”, protests Ariane Daguin, patron of the American firm D’Artagnan Foods, which produces its foie gras in collaboration with two farms in the State of New York, using methods recognized as optimal and painless for animals and employing 400 people , whose future is now in great danger.
Felix’s boss, Pierre Landet, struggles
