• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Ugh, don’t remind me, I get annoyed whenever I see them in the checkout lane.

    Yes we actually still have them, but we have them in the most insulting way, basically one half of the shell is a candy part and the other is the toy and each half is separate by its own film covering.

    I bet it was because one kid in the 80s or some shit was in some freak accident or something and the Pearl Clutchers of America™ rode in on their high horse to protect everyone lol

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      Yes we actually still have them, but we have them in the most insulting way, basically one half of the shell is a candy part and the other is the toy and each half is separate by its own film covering.

      In Europe (or Germany, at least) they are sold under the name “Kinder Joy”, so we can choose between those and Kinder surprise.

      I bet it was because one kid in the 80s or some shit was in some freak accident or something

      Actually, that’s not the case. Kinder Surprise is banned under a law from 1938, long before the product was even conceived.
      https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/342
      https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/331