ALBANY – An appeals court has ruled that neither a California-based animal rights group nor a New York resident it represents have standing to compel the state to halt the commercial production of foie gras at farms in the Hudson Valley.
The petitioners contend that force-fed ducks or geese produce pate that is potentially dangerous to consumers and, as such, is banned in New York as an adulterated food under state Agriculture and Markets Law §200.
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