{"id":47496,"date":"2026-11-05T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/?p=47496"},"modified":"2026-11-05T01:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T01:13:27","slug":"dc-denver-foie-gras-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/dc-denver-foie-gras-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington, D.C. and Denver vote to ban foie gras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From 1 July 2027, foie gras can no longer be sold in Washington, D.C., or in Denver.<\/strong> Voters in both cities decided on ballot initiatives on 3 November, and both passed clearly. In the U.S. capital, about three in four voters said yes according to preliminary figures, in Denver about two in three. As far as we can tell, it is the first time in the United States that voters themselves, rather than a legislature or city council, have decided to ban foie gras.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiv-quick-answer\" style=\"background:#f2f9f6;border-left:4px solid #29a579;padding:22px 26px;margin:30px 0;border-radius:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#0a4a4a;font-size:1.05em;\">In short<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8;\">\n<li><strong>Washington, D.C.:<\/strong> Initiative 86, preliminary result about 73 percent yes, above 70 percent in all eight wards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Denver:<\/strong> Ordinance 311, preliminary result 66.6 percent yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is banned:<\/strong> force-feeding birds and the sale, distribution and import of the products, from 1 July 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Penalties in D.C.:<\/strong> 1,000 to 5,000 dollars per violation, with repeat offenders risking their business licence<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still open:<\/strong> Congress can overturn the D.C. law, and a producer has announced a lawsuit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">What Washington voted for<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The initiative is called the \u201cProhibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act of 2026\u201d. It bans force-feeding birds and also prohibits the sale, distribution and commercial import of foie gras and other products made from the fattened livers of force-fed birds. That applies to restaurants as well as delis and retailers. Violations cost 1,000 to 5,000 dollars each, <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2026\/08\/a-foie-gras-ban-will-be-on-the-dc-ballot-in-november\/\">according to WTOP<\/a>. Repeat violations can cost a business its licence.<\/p>\n<p>According to the election board\u2019s preliminary election-night count, 97,432 people voted yes, about 73 percent. Support topped 70 percent in each of the city\u2019s eight wards. Later counts put the share slightly higher, and the certified result is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was run by Pro-Animal DC, a campaign of the Portland-based group Pro-Animal Future. Volunteers gathered 46,020 signatures, 31,726 of them valid, more than required. It wasn\u2019t a record, though, as some social media posts claimed: the campaign\u2019s spokesperson said herself that only the recreational marijuana initiative had collected more signatures in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight D.C. decided that force-feeding a bird has no place here,\u201d campaign director Cady Witt <a href=\"https:\/\/dc.citycast.fm\/dc-politics\/dc-foie-gras-i86-passes-2026\">told City Cast DC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">And in Denver<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Denver the vote was on Initiated Ordinance 311, the \u201cProhibit Force-Feeding Birds Act\u201d. It covers the same ground: force-feeding is banned, along with the sale, distribution, import and transport of the products. According to the city election division\u2019s preliminary results, 136,559 people voted yes, or 66.55 percent. The signatures were collected by the sister campaign Pro-Animal Colorado. Media reports say up to 15 restaurants in the city are affected.<\/p>\n<p>The result stands out because Denver voted differently two years ago. In 2024, voters there rejected a fur ban with 42 percent yes, and a ban on slaughterhouses with just 36 percent. On force-feeding ducks and geese, a majority apparently sees a clearer line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/en\/dc-denver-foie-gras-ban\/\" data-pin-description=\"Hands holding a transparent ballot box with a U.S. flag | Washington, D.C. and Denver vote to ban foie gras\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne.jpg\" alt=\"Hands holding a transparent ballot box with a U.S. flag\" class=\"wp-image-47494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne-1160x774.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/this-is-vegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/foie-gras-verbot-wahlurne-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In both cities, voters decided directly. Symbolic image: Mikhail Nilov \/ Pexels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">Who opposed it<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Washington, the regional restaurant association, several chefs and celebrity chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s opposed the initiative. Bart Hutchins, owner of the restaurant Butterworth\u2019s, called it \u201ccowardice dressed up as compassion\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/features\/i-team\/dc-voters-approve-foie-gras-ban-initiative-86-force-feeding-birds-animal-welfare-restaurants-july-2027-pro-animal-dc-natalie-fulton-bart-hutchins-butterworths-harveys-market-scott-taylor-7news-i-team\">in an interview with WJLA<\/a>. Mayor Muriel Bowser hinted she would vote no on principle. There was no large, funded opposition campaign in D.C. For Denver, local media report about 326,000 dollars on the yes side and 198,500 dollars against; we couldn\u2019t verify these figures at the source.<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t over yet. Laws passed by ballot initiative in D.C. go to Congress for 30 legislative days under the <a href=\"https:\/\/code.dccouncil.gov\/us\/dc\/council\/code\/sections\/1-206.02\">Home Rule Act<\/a>, and Congress can overturn them with a joint resolution. No concrete plans to do so are known so far. Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York State, one of the largest U.S. producers, has also announced a lawsuit. Vice president Marcus Henley calls the ban \u201cunconstitutional on several grounds\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">Where foie gras is already banned in the U.S.<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>California has banned production and sale since 2012. Producers fought the law all the way to the Supreme Court, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/business\/2023\/05\/22\/supreme-court-wont-hear-dispute-over-california-law-barring-sale-of-foie-gras\/\">declined to hear the case<\/a> in 2014, 2019 and most recently in May 2023. The ban stands. Portland, Oregon, followed in June 2026 by city council vote.<\/p>\n<p>New York is more tangled. The city council passed a sales ban 42 to 6 in 2019; voters never decided on it. A court in Albany struck it down in 2024, ruling that the state agriculture department took precedence. In March 2026, the appellate court unanimously reversed that decision. The ban is <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/nyc-foie-gras-ban-can-enforced-appeals-court-rules-years-long-battle-new-york-state\/18708128\/\">still not being enforced<\/a>, though, because an injunction from a second case remains in place. The producers are taking it to the state\u2019s highest court.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">Outside the U.S.<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In the EU, force-feeding is now practised mainly in France, Hungary, Bulgaria, Spain and Belgium\u2019s Wallonia region. Germany bans production under its animal welfare law, but import and sale remain legal, so foie gras still appears on menus there, especially at Christmas. In August 2026, Brazil went further and banned not just production but import and sale as well.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">The animal ethics angle<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To make foie gras, ducks and geese have a tube pushed down their throats several times a day during the last two to three weeks of their lives, and corn mash is forced through it. The liver swells to several times its normal size, up to ten times depending on the source. As early as 1998, the EU\u2019s scientific committee on animal welfare concluded that force-feeding, as currently practised, is detrimental to the welfare of the birds.<\/p>\n<p>The two bans change little for the animals at first, because foie gras isn\u2019t produced in Washington or Denver. But they take away markets, and they show something that goes beyond foie gras: when people are asked directly, large majorities draw a line at animal suffering they consider unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest about it, that line has limits. The same Denver voters chose not to ban slaughterhouses or fur in 2024. Most ducks and geese eaten in the U.S. live and die without a feeding tube, but not without suffering. A foie gras ban is a start, and it leaves out the far larger number of animals in ordinary farming.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#0a4a4a\">What you can do<span style=\"color:#29a579\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you live somewhere foie gras is still sold, ask your local restaurants and delis why it is on offer. And if a ballot initiative on animal welfare comes up where you live, these two cities show that signing and voting can change the law.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f7f3ee; border-left:3px solid #c9a96e; padding:1rem 1.25rem; margin:1.75rem 0; font-size:.95em; color:#444;\">\n<p style=\"font-size:.78em; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.06em; margin:0 0 .5rem;\"><strong>How we researched this<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trigger was an Instagram post by the U.S. group Voters for Animal Rights. The results are preliminary, and we couldn\u2019t access the election board websites in D.C. and Denver. We therefore relied on reporting by WTOP, WJLA, City Cast DC, Ballotpedia and Reason and on the campaign\u2019s press release. We checked the details on Congress against the District of Columbia code. We didn\u2019t repeat two claims from the post: the D.C. signature count was not a record, and New York\u2019s ban was passed by the city council, not by voters. We have no business relationship with the organisations involved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Voters in Washington, D.C., and Denver approved bans on selling force-fed foie gras. 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