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| Foie gras taken off menu in House of Lords | Foie gras taken off menu in House of Lords |
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| Foie gras has been taken off the menu in the House of Lords after complaints from animal rights campaigners. | Foie gras has been taken off the menu in the House of Lords after complaints from animal rights campaigners. |
| Lords catering chiefs have been criticised for serving up the delicacy – which is controversial because of the way geese and ducks are treated in its production – in the opulent Barry Room restaurant. | Lords catering chiefs have been criticised for serving up the delicacy – which is controversial because of the way geese and ducks are treated in its production – in the opulent Barry Room restaurant. |
| But a Lords spokesman disclosed on Thursday that the luxury pate would no longer be served when peers, who broke up for Christmas on Wednesday, return in the New Year. | But a Lords spokesman disclosed on Thursday that the luxury pate would no longer be served when peers, who broke up for Christmas on Wednesday, return in the New Year. |
| "It will not feature on menus from January," he said. | "It will not feature on menus from January," he said. |
| Foie gras, which is already off the menu in the House of Commons, is made by force-feeding geese and ducks with grain before they are slaughtered for their swollen livers. | Foie gras, which is already off the menu in the House of Commons, is made by force-feeding geese and ducks with grain before they are slaughtered for their swollen livers. |
| Food producers are banned from force-feeding animals to make the product in the UK, but it is still available from specialists and in restaurants. | Food producers are banned from force-feeding animals to make the product in the UK, but it is still available from specialists and in restaurants. |
| Campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) won support from a number of peers in its calls for the pate to be banned from the Lords restaurants. | Campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) won support from a number of peers in its calls for the pate to be banned from the Lords restaurants. |
| "We are delighted that the House of Lords will join the House of Commons in taking a stand against cruelty and removing this most un-British of products from its menus," Peta's associate director, Mimi Bekhechi, said. | |
| Agriculture minister David Heath recently urged consumers not to buy foie gras because of the inhumane method of producing it. | Agriculture minister David Heath recently urged consumers not to buy foie gras because of the inhumane method of producing it. |