Mayor Daley has said he's not about...

Mayor Daley has said he's not about to deflect city health inspectors into the foie gras police. That means enforcement will be complaint-driven, just as it is with Chicago's anti-smoking ordinance.

If that's the case, don't keep possession of your breath for a blitzkrieg of tickets.

from one side of to the other the past seven months, the smoking ban, which affects far more population than the foie gras law, has generated solitary 663 citizen complaints, 500 warning verbal expressions and 20 inspections. Thirteen establishments were cleared. Five are scheduled to be inspected. single two got tickets.

NO COMPLAINTS still

common was a convenience store where the cashier was smoking. Details of the other violation were not known.

forward Day One of the foie gras ban, City Hall received no complaints, which surprised Health Department spokesman Tim Hadac.

"You can kind of take it for granted that those who support the ordinance will proof the system, so we're anticipating calls early on" Hadac said.

"But we're not anticipating a fate of calls from average Chicagoans. This is an issue of relatively limited interest that directly touches alone a few high-end restaurants."

In the case of the smoking ordinance, the city has established a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy of enforcement.

brace WARNINGS BEFORE CITATION

Businesses achieve two warnings before citations are written.

Foie gras violators will earn two strikes. The first complaint will be followed by the agency of a warning letter. The secondary time, there'll be an inspection during which $250 fines can be issued forward the spot.

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