American Idiocy
April 14th, 2006
This is ridiculous. Only in America would this thing be banned. Kinder eggs were a highlight of my youth overseas in Italy and Germany. Somehow, my toddler brain managed to separate the idea of “edible chocolate” from “plastic toy”. I’ve always wondered why they aren’t available here. Now I know.
(And to think, Polish kids have no problem with them. There’s definitely a Polish joke in there…though, I understand that would be politically incorrect — not to mention out of vogue; I think Polish jokes were at the height of fashion…well, around the same time I was enjoying Kinder eggs.)
Hazardous egg Reappears on Store Shelves
The Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday issued a safety alert, warning consumers about a candy egg that may be dangerous to children under 3 because it contains small plastic pieces that children might swallow.
The Kinder Surprise is a chocolate eggshell that contains a plastic capsule of small parts that assemble into a toy. Either individually or assembled, these plastic parts are so small that they can pose a serious choking or aspiration hazard to young children, the CPSC said.