Initiative to ban foie gras in DC makes it onto November ballot

Voters in Washington, D.C., in November will decide whether to ban foie gras, a luxury food product.

The French delicacy is made from specially fattened livers of ducks and geese, where a tube is used to feed the birds controlled amounts of corn mash or grain several times a day. Animal activists believe the force-feeding process is abusive and have pushed to have citizens vote on whether it should be allowed in Washington.