Candy Banned Because some Kid Might Choke

[EmptyTimCup]

Children in Canada Smarter that American Children

ICE - concerned with Easter candy, but NOT Illegals

2 Seattle men stopped at border for illegal candy


MYFOXNY.COM -

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 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.






Sweeney says one border guard said they could be fined $2,500 per egg. The pair said they could have faced a $15,000 fine.

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

Mike Milne with U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a Canadian paper that officers do not usually fine travelers for carrying the chocolates, but they do normally confiscate them. Roughly 60,000 Kinder eggs were seized last year.

"Kinder eggs are prohibited just like narcotics are prohibited," he was quoted as said. "Our officers, if they encounter prohibited stuff, they're subject to seizure."

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

 

[Vince]

Children in Canada Smarter that American Children

ICE - concerned with Easter candy, but NOT Illegals

That's the direction this country has been heading for a long time. Don't worry about the big stuff, but chocolate covered eggs with a toy inside.....holy sh!t, we better break out the big guns, throw the perpetrators under the jail and outlaw candy. Never mind the millions of illegals in the country. We don't need to worry about them.

 

[mixallagist]

We used to get these eggs all the time when we lived in Sicily. They are so good. A couple years ago I ordered some online. They tasted just the same as I remember them tasting when I was a kid.

 

[StadEMS3]

I used to bring bunches of Kinder Eggs back from my overseas trips. My nieces and nephews loved them. The toys were cool in them.