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French run short of butter, wine and foie gras, ahead of Christmas

Published Wed, Dec 6, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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Paris

WITH butter spread thin and wine output drying up, whatever next for the unlucky French?

A shortage of foie gras, the must-have liver pate that takes pride of place on most Christmas tables.

Two waves of bird flu leading to the cull of millions of ducks and geese in south-western France have caused production to plunge by 44 per cent since 2015, according to the CIFOG foie gras trade association.

The shrinking output has fed …

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