grid11@lemy.nl to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 18 days agoThe Reason They Don't Sell Kinder Surprise Eggs In USAwww.thetakeout.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-218 days agoWhat 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
minus-squareearly_riser@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoI 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.
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.