Chicago to Ban Foie Gras

The Chicago City Council's Health Committee is recommending that the city ban the sale of foie gras -- fattened duck or goose liver -- due to concerns that the animals are force fed more than they would normally eat by the producers of the expensive delicacy. The issue is now slated to go to the full council for a vote.

Some city restauranteurs are unhappy with the decision and one producer of the liver even invited council members to a New York farm to see how the animals are treated for themselves.

But the protestations did little to sway members who had been shown a video by the Animal Protection & Rescue League that depicts the treatment of ducks and geese used to make the appetizer.