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They'll prevent you from importing foodstuffs and prescriptions as well, even if it's just for personal use. Such is the case with Kinder Eggs, baby food, and f

• autoexec 4y ago
  The ban on Kinder Eggs is depressing. I can't even argue at this point that we aren't so dumb that we'd confuse a plastic toy for food. If the ban were lifted, I'm sure many stupid children and adults really would die or require medical attention.
  • MichaelCollins 4y ago
    Kinder eggs were invented decades after the law that bans them; the law doesn't target Kinder eggs specifically and wasn't motivated by Kinder eggs. They're banned because this (generally sensible) ban on putting inedible things inside of food doesn't have an exemption for kinder eggs. A blanket ban on the practice is easier than getting into the weeds of which specific inedible inclusions are safe and which aren't. And seeing as we're talking about candy, I don't think fixing this is high on many people's list of priorities.
    • autoexec 4y ago
      Well, some people have much stronger feelings about the candy than I do (https://freetheegg.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/cpsc-responds-to-my-email/ https://freetheegg.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/cpsc-responds-to...) although for what it's worth their change.org petition went nowhere. I have enjoyed a few Kinder Eggs though and thought the toys were way better compared what you'd find in cracker jack boxes these days. Considering billions of people outside of the US have very few problems surviving Kinder Egg, I'd like to think a sensible compromise could be reached to allow them here, but I'd agree that there are larger problems with US food safety going unaddressed which would have a bigger impact.