Legal in Canada, illegal in U.S.

by Walter Olson on December 21, 2009

More about the toy-in-chocolate Kinder Surprise [CanWest via Free-Range Kids; earlier, related]

P.S. In comments, Moriarty notes an instance in which various brands of American soda pop turned out to be illegal to sell in Canada (even aside from their lack of French-language labeling).

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1 Tom 12.21.09 at 8:01 am

Man, I got those things for years as gifts from my (Swiss) Godmother. Always wondered why it stopped, but never asked. Maybe she heard about the ban?

I’ve got a drawer full of dozens of the toys. They were awesome!

2 Jeremy 12.21.09 at 9:47 am

Well, to be fair, Kinder Eggs kind of suck.
As the comedian Bill Bailey says, you know it’s a crap toy covered in crap chocolate, and they are, indeed, Eggs of Numbing Inevitability.

3 Tom 12.21.09 at 10:20 am

Hey, when I was eight, having too colors of chocolate layered together was a pretty neat novelty, and getting to put together those toys was a blast. And taking them apart and putting them back together and so on, which is exactly what I wanted out of a toy (so many of my action figures ended up with swapped limbs/heads for that reason…). It was about the perfect little package of fun, for me.

4 Richard Nieporent 12.21.09 at 12:09 pm

I’m only surprised that the CPSC hasn’t banned Faberge Eggs.

5 kimsch 12.21.09 at 1:13 pm

Occasionally I’ve been able to find Kinder Eggs at a local store that stocks many imported items. Haven’t seen them the last few times I was there however. The store does stock a lot of that manufacturer’s products.

6 kimsch 12.21.09 at 1:15 pm

Oh, and the little toy is encased in a plastic cylinder inside the relatively thin chocolate “egg”. It’s not really probable that a kid would bite in and swallow the toy and its enclosure, but I guess it is possible and the gubmint has to save those poor souls from their own selves.

7 Ps 12.21.09 at 1:20 pm

Won’t somebody please think of the children?

8 Moriarty 12.22.09 at 5:17 am

Strange restrictions can work both ways of course, here’s one I remember where it’s the Canadian laws that cause the trouble.

http://www.actsofgord.com/Chronicles/chapter39.php

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