Share However, Ministers are now poised to take advantage of Brexit by blocking imports. Sources said yesterday that Lord Goldsmith, the Animal Welfare Minister, is determined to implement the ban 'in the next few months'. Last month, he congratulated Fortnum & Mason after the Queen's grocer announced that it would no longer stock the delicacy, usually sold as a pâté or mousse made from the enlarged livers. At the time, Lord Goldsmith tweeted: 'Foie gras is unbearably barbaric. It's hard to imagine anyone could watch the process and still enjoy eating it.' The decision by the store, based in Piccadilly, Central London, followed a long campaign spearheaded by celebrities including Joanna Lumley, Twiggy and Ricky Gervais.