Why is the "Kinder Suprise" forbidden in the United States? *I made a mistake in the question but I can't change it : "Why is the "Kinder Surprise" forbidden in the United States? Kinder is one of the most famous brands in France that sells chocolate sweets. This brand comes from Germany and it was created in 1967. The word Kinder is German and means "children". The brand sells around 25 types of chocolate products such as Kinder Surprise, Schoko-Bons, Kinder Country, Kinder Bueno etc.... One of the most appreciated sweets sold by Kinder is the Kinder Suprise. It is a chocolate egg that you can open into two parts and inside you find a sort of yellow plastic egg which has a tiny toy. People appreciate it as much (as) for the taste of the chocolate as for the little surprise it contains. However, the United States has deciced to forbid the import of the Kinder Surprise. It has nothing to do with the quality of the chocolate but it is about the surprise that is inside the egg. Indeed, as the surprise is hidden inside the chocolate egg, children under the age of 3 might swallow it and suffocate. Indeed, a little American kid swallowed the surprise and suffocated. Then a law was adopted known as "Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act" and it forbids the selling of sweets that contain a product which has no food quality and that is hidden in the sweet. Ferrero bought the brand Kinder and has tried many times to sell this product in the United States, in vain. In 2012, before Easter, the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act recalled that it was forbidden to import this sweet and if a tourist decided to import it, he would pay a fine up to 2,5000 $ per egg. The US customs are ordered to destroy every Kinder Surprise they confiscate. In 2009, they destroyed around 25,000 eggs. The same law also forbids bakers to insert a charm in the epiphany cake in the US. They have to sell the charm separately from the cake and warn the customers that it can be dangerous for kids if they swallow(ed) them. I love kinder products except the ones that have caramel in them. I sometimes like buying one of those chocolate sweets. They are good and tasty. It makes me remind of my childhood.