Didn't this law get overturned?
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What a dumb article. The law that bans kinder surprise eggs in the US predates their existence by over 30 years.
Edit: This is the reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_sulfanilamide
I thought they were sold in the US now with some slight modifications to comply with the law? I know I've seen Kinder eggs in my local grocery store.
But yes, the ban is due to a perfectly sensible law having a bizarre edge case.
It's also why king cakes don't have the little baby figurines in them I believe.
I'm confused, they never said it was in reaction to specifically kinder surprise eggs?
These little treats full of joy are banned in the United States because, in 1938, a law was passed prohibiting the sale of confectionary items containing "non-nutritive objects," and the Kinder Surprise's plastic capsule, which holds the toy, is considered just that.
a law was passed prohibiting the sale of confectionary items containing "non-nutritive objects,"
If only they could see our foods now. If the crap we put into our foods on purpose wasn't enough, think about all the microplastics! Lol
Short answer: American kids are too dumbto not choke on toys.
All kids are idiots--even the smart ones.
Do you mean all American kids? Because these aren't banned worldwide...
No no, I'm not American and my kids are definitely idiots...
No. I don't.
Per the article, "accidents are rare but tragic." So kids with access to these—i.e. non-American kids—do occasionally choke on them.
But you can give a gun to your toddler? Apparently “accidents are rare but tragic” doesn’t stand for guns?
Not really though. I get you're trying to be funny (and kids are idiots) but it's pretty simply that confectioneries can't contain non-nutritive items and the toy fully surrounded by chocolate is exactly that. There's very good reasons for the law, but it means treats like this get caught in the crossfire. There's very FDA has agreed in that past there likely isn't a large risk to kinder eggs, but the law is how it is and hasn't been changed (and it seems unlikely that it will in the near future at least).
But they do sell them lol. My kids get them
Nvm these are different
I used love these as a kid. Very varying quality of toys in them though it needs to be said. Sometimes you'd get like a 10-piece mini jigsaw puzzle and feel absolutely robbed.
Always thought it had weirdly delicious chocolate, too.
In my childhood they used to have much better toys. Even whole series of cartoon characters.
The series of cartoon character collectibles were such a disappointment, though. If it's not assembled from at least 7 weirdly bendy plastic parts it's not a proper kinder surprise toy!
Also the old 2-part eggs were the only proper ones. The new ones where both parts are tethered together are probably better in a few technical ways, but the old ones were so satisfying to open! And you could fill them with water and baking powder and use the explosion to launch little pebbles straight up.