germany wants to ban kinder eggs!

[Amby 490]

Despite being a massive hit with children and adults alike, German lawmakers want to ban Kinder surprise eggs on safety grounds, press reports said on Thursday.

Millions of the chocolate eggs with a toy inside are sold every year in Europe's biggest economy, but according to a parliamentary health commission it is dangerous to combine food and toys in one product, the Bild daily said.

"Children cannot tell the difference between a toy and food," the Welt newspaper cited Miriam Gruss from the commission as saying.

A spokeswoman for Ferrero, the Italian confectionery firm that has made the eggs since 1974, said a ban would be unjustified as the figures or toys are enclosed in a yellow plastic capsule.

"There is absolutely no evidence that there is an increased danger from the combination of food and toys," Ferrero spokeswoman Elise Glaab told Die Welt.

Ferrero brings out 20 new sets of figures every year for the eggs, as well as 150 new kits for toys that have to be put together with the help of a tiny instructions sheet, the paper said.

The commission is also looking at forcing youngsters to wear cycle helmets and making schoolbooks lighter so children don't injure themselves or tire themselves out carrying them around all day, the paper added.

http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/Deskto...mp;ChannelId=49

[MrsCat 6]

NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO doubt if that happens Canada will follow suit, and how am I supposed to pass the hours at work?!

[Amby 490]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT THE KINDER EGG!

[Scott & Lai 12]

The commission is also looking at forcing youngsters to wear cycle helmets and making schoolbooks lighter so children don't injure themselves or tire themselves out carrying them around all day, the paper added.http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/Deskto...mp;ChannelId=49

[Mags 112]

I love Kinder eggs!

[Ilya R. 0]

I remember when I was little, and the first time I got one, it was the happiest day ever!!

[IAMX 3,055]

Aren't parents supposed to watch children small (or dumb) enough not to be able to distinguish the taste of plastic from food?

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Oh, Germany is a godless country.

[PlatyPius 5]

The commission is also looking at forcing youngsters to wear cycle helmets and making schoolbooks lighter so children don't injure themselves or tire themselves out carrying them around all day, the paper added.http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/Deskto...mp;ChannelId=49

Yeah.... let's try even harder to make the next generation a bunch of pu##ies who expect everything given to them, made easy for them, or rendered "safe" for them.

Maybe we should make little bubbles they can walk around in that nothing can penetrate.....

[Reba 2]

Kinder Eggs are not available in the US for that very reason. The FDA figures people are too stupid to know that plastic is not edible

I miss Kinder Eggs

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

[msu17 0]

Ok, my last kinder egg was so difficult to open (the plastic capsule, not the chocolate ) that my 24 year old self had to resort to teeth, scissors and finally pleading my husband to get the stupid thing open. It took us a total of 10 minutes to get my seemingly dangerous delicious looking toy out. I'm sure the stupid 5 year olds of the world will easily be able to accomplish this task...

[sparkofcreation 0]

The commission is also looking at forcing youngsters to wear cycle helmets and making schoolbooks lighter so children don't injure themselves or tire themselves out carrying them around all day, the paper added.http://www.terra.net.lb/wp/Articles/Deskto...mp;ChannelId=49

Yeah.... let's try even harder to make the next generation a bunch of pu##ies who expect everything given to them, made easy for them, or rendered "safe" for them.

Maybe we should make little bubbles they can walk around in that nothing can penetrate.....

Schoolbooks have been getting heavier and heavier, and there have been plenty of studies showing that a huge percentage of my generation had seriously damaged their backs by the age of 18. If you take advanced classes in high school, you can well end up carrying home 30-40 pounds of books every night. You try carrying around that much weight on your back on a regular basis (say, spend a couple *hours* a day giving your ten-year-old a piggyback ride, five days a week) before you speak.

[Amby 490]

Ok, my last kinder egg was so difficult to open (the plastic capsule, not the chocolate ) that my 24 year old self had to resort to teeth, scissors and finally pleading my husband to get the stupid thing open. It took us a total of 10 minutes to get my seemingly dangerous delicious looking toy out. I'm sure the stupid 5 year olds of the world will easily be able to accomplish this task...

I'm with you on that one! I can't get the freaking things open! I don't know how a little kid can get those open.

[Peikko 1,575]

Surely if the US have banned them, that the Germans follow such a superb example is a good thing, no?