Portland city councilors this week will weigh a potential ban on foie gras, the French delicacy made with the livers of force-fed waterfowl such as ducks or geese.
A proposal scheduled for a hearing Tuesday before the council’s Arts and Economy Committee would prohibit the sale of the luxury food item in the city and impose fines of up to $5,000 for violations.
The ordinance, introduced by Councilor Mitch Green and Council President Jamie Dunphy, casts the production of foie gras as inhumane and environmentally unsustainable, practices that run contrary to Portland values…