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The Reason They Don't Sell Kinder Surprise Eggs In USA (www.thetakeout.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Short answer: American kids are too dumbto not choke on toys.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    All kids are idiots--even the smart ones.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    Do you mean all American kids? Because these aren't banned worldwide...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Per the article, "accidents are rare but tragic." So kids with access to these—i.e. non-American kids—do occasionally choke on them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    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).

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