Hollywood bombshell Pamela Anderson has feathers flying in the French parliament, where she was expected Tuesday to support a ban on force-feeding ducks and geese to make the French delicacy foie gras. The 48-year-old former Baywatch star and Playboy model was invited to the ...
France, the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, reported its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in eight years after detecting it in a backyard in a southwestern region home to many foie gras and poultry producers. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus ...
FamilyMart has canceled the launch of a foie gras “bento” (boxed lunch) after receiving complaints from animal-rights activists, a company spokesman said Thursday. “We understand foie gras is a common food in Japan,” a spokesman for the major convenience store chain said. However, the ...
Long accused of torture by animal-rights activists, French foie gras producers are admitting they may have gone too far and vowing changes to how ducks and geese are reared, and their livers fattened. They are also promising a new spirit of openness and transparency ...
