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Animal Protection Groups File Legal Petition Asking USDA to Declare Foie Gras Unfit for Human Consumption
November 28, 2007

The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Animal Legal Defense Fund, NYU Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, and several individuals filed a legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service calling on the agency to issue new regulations declaring foie gras a diseased product that is unfit for human food under the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA).

The petition includes hundreds of pages of supporting documentation.