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2 Seattle men stopped at border for illegal candy







Wednesday - 7/18/2012, 12:56am ET




SEATTLE (AP) - Two Seattle men say they spent more than two hours in a detention center at the Canadian border after U.S. border agents discovered illegal chocolate eggs in their car.

Brandon Loo and Christopher Sweeney told KOMO-TV ( http://is.gd/usuy85) they decided to bring home some treats for friends and family during a recent trip to Vancouver, British Columbia. They bought Kinder Eggs _ chocolate eggs with a toy inside.

The two men say border guards searched their car and said the eggs are illegal in the United States because young children could choke on the small plastic toys. Importing them can lead to a potentially hefty fine.

Sweeney says the bust was a waste of his time and the agents' time. The men eventually got off with a warning.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman declined to comment about the case Tuesday night.

The agency warned on its website around Easter that the treats can't be imported legally.

The agency says it seized more than 60,000 Kinder Eggs from travelers' baggage and international mail shipments in fiscal 2011.

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Kinder Eggs are sold all over the world excluding the United States, as the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act contains a section highlighting that a confectionary product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States, unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value. No such regulation has been issued. [2]

In 1997, the staff of the CPSC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, examined and issued a recall for some Kinder Surprise illegally brought into the US with foreign labels. [3]

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
It's all OBAMA's fault, part of the socialist nanny state over-protectiveness.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
It's all OBAMA's fault, part of the socialist nanny state over-protectiveness.


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Kinder Eggs are sold all over the world excluding the United States, as the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act contains a section highlighting that a confectionary product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States, unless the FDA issues a regulation that the non-nutritive object has functional value. No such regulation has been issued. [2]

In 1997, the staff of the CPSC, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, examined and issued a recall for some Kinder Surprise illegally brought into the US with foreign labels. [3]

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from Wikipedia

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
It's all OBAMA's fault, part of the socialist nanny state over-protectiveness.

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Ah, citing claims no one ever made. Are you Kiki in disguise?

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
It's all OBAMA's fault, part of the socialist nanny state over-protectiveness.

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Ah, citing claims no one ever made. Are you Kiki in disguise?

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
It's all OBAMA's fault, part of the socialist nanny state over-protectiveness.

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Ah, citing claims no one ever made. Are you Kiki in disguise?

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I didn't cite nobody else's statement. I was offering it as a suggestion myself.

Somewhat ironically, I would admit, but isn't that implied in the thread title? "Your government protecting you from chocolate eggs."

Who is in charge of "your" government? And it's the Feds, too. Who's the big boss of the Feds? Who do you suggest is responsible for the ban? Who did you mean to hold responsible? OH, I know, it wasn't Obama's fault- it was FDR's, he was President in 1938. Another one of his socialist, commie-sellout New Deal ideas that usurped freedom and the people's and state's power to the Big Brother Central government.

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Originally posted by kpo:
Hang on Geezer - Whozit and Auraptor haven't turned up to the thread yet.

Wait for it...

It's not personal. It's just war.

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Geezer gets spastic before elections.

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My question is, why is this stuff illegal and yet Mardis Gras King Cakes are sold pretty much anywhere ?

" confectionary product with a non-nutritive object, partially or totally imbedded within it, cannot be sold within the United States " ...

Is the King Cake not confectionery enough ? Is a plastic baby Jesus possessing hidden nutritive qualities ?

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The CPSC staff considered the toys marketed with Ferarro Kinder Surprise Eggs to be intended for children under three years of age. Therefore, they must comply with the small parts requirement under 16 C.F.R. Part 1501. When the toys within the plastic shells that are enclosed in the chocolate, contain small parts and are intended for children under age three years, they are considered banned in the U.S. and cannot be sold. If the toys inside the plastic shell of the chocolate egg does not contain small parts, they are not banned in the United States. In determining what toys and children’s articles are subject to the small parts requirement, CPSC staff considers the following factors under 16 C.F.R. § 1501.2(b): “[T]he manufacturer’s stated intent (such as on a label) if it is a reasonable one; the advertising, promotion, and marketing of the article; and whether the article is commonly recognized as being intended for children under 3.” It is prohibited to sell, offer for sale, manufacturer for sale, distribute in commerce or import in the United States any toy intended for children under three years of age that contains small parts.

source: http://freetheegg.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/cpsc-responds-to-my-email/

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