Foie Gras Will Be Banned in Washington, D.C. If Voters Approve Initiative

America’s foie gras wars rage on and the latest battleground is the capital.

This fall, Washington, D.C. voters will have the chance to ban the controversial delicacy made from the fattened livers of force-fed ducks and geese. The Board of Elections approved the measure called “Prohibiting the Force-Feeding of Birds Act of 2026,” to appear on the ballot, and as the formal title of Initiative 86 implies, the text of the measure is focused greatly how the process to create foie…