(Portland, OR) -- The Portland City Council is considering a citywide ban on foie gras. The controversial French delicacy is made with the liver of ducks or geese that have been force fed a high-grain diet through a tube. A measure that is scheduled for a hearing before the council's Arts and Economy Committee today would make sales of the dish illegal in the city and institute fines up to five-thousand dollars for violators. The State of California and a couple of U.S. cities currently ban foie gras.