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BBC - Chicago overturns foie gras ban

Didier Durand, one of the Chicago chefs who formed a movement to end the ban, called the decision “fabulous”.

“All of us are so excited,” he said told reporters outside his restaurant while holding his duck Nicolai - named after French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Mr Durand acknowledged that his restaurant had been a “duckeasy”, getting round the ban by serving foie gras for free.

Doug Sohn, the owner of Hot Doug’s “sausage superstore and encased meat emporium” and recipient of a $250 (£129) fine for serving foie gras last year, said he was happy about the decision.

“I truly hope this ends it,” he told the Associated Press news agency.

“There are real important issues in this city. This is certainly not one of them.”

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