Animal Take : Fancy a Diseased Liver?

Would you consider taking a bite of a diseased liver? If you like the rich, buttery Foie gras, a popular delicacy in French cuisine, you'd probably have taken more diseased liver than you can ever imagine - that is if it is true that a metal pipe is pushed through the throat of a duck or a goose to force feed it with corn. Such feeding damages the livers of the duck or goose, resulting in a painful disease called hepatic lipidosis.  Consumption of foie gras is associated with a fatal human disease, secondary amyloidosis

A cruel process ...





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