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Originally Posted by Den

People think it's due to safety reasons. The real reason is that back in 1938, Mars Candy Company pushed a law through that bans the sort of candy that Kinder Surprise eggs are, to "Make a more fair market", but really it's a non-competition law. Nestle got sued when they tried introducing a similar candy in the US back in the late 1990s.

I think you're getting your news stories a little bit mixed up. It IS due to safety reasons.

Mars didn't push through the FD&C Act of 1938, and there was no product even remotely similar to a Kinder Surprise Egg back then -- it wasn't invented until 1974, and it was never permitted to be imported into the US, though they've been smuggled into the country a lot. When the law was passed, it was 100% for safety reasons. The same law governs any additives that could bear a health hazard to the consumer.

Mars has never manufactured or announced a similar product.

It's entirely likely that Mars attacked Nestle over the Nestle Magic candy for competitive reasons, but the FDA was a disinterested third party in that fight and made its ruling concerning Nestle Magic based on the existing law on the grounds of a choking hazard.

In the end, it's actually a really good example of capitalism working correctly -- competition between companies serving to police behaviors that would otherwise go unchecked until things got bad.

[Fulkth]

lol, home-made cookies are a lot better, but they also take a lot more work to make than store bought cookies. 8D

[Awen Moonshine]

The white chocolate is sweet enough to counter the bitterness that you get with the matcha, littlechocobo ^_^ I love pretty much any matcha flavoured thing that I come across though ^_^;;

I love getting to eat the excess dough at the end of making my own cookies <3 Much like licking the bowl when making cakes ^_^;;

[Tam I am]

I didn't get cookies today, but I got an apple and caramel bar covered in dark bittersweet chocolate.

[Den]

I get to go to pick up some more cancer sticks for my dad later today. Yay. /sarcasm

[Tam I am]

*sympathy for Den*

[Den]

so I was kinda derp yesterday and didn't hardly eat anything... I kinda paid for it. Did better today, though.

[Lawtan]

*Offers a hug for Den*

[Den]

*hugs Law* I'm going to bed... I got a bit too heated today.

[Tam I am]

*cool hugs for everyone*

I need a nap.

[Den]

I think it's either the weather, or the fact that I got overheated yesterday, that made me so sleepy today. I even went to bed early, for once.

[Tam I am]

And I'm not sure what just got my guts into a tearing hurry, but baking soda and a lot of water seems to have helped me feel better.

[littl3chocobo]

somehow this thread moved on without me X''D oops

[Tam I am]

*wipes the dust off the chocobo*

[Lawtan]

*Sneezes from chocobo dust*

[Den]

Bless you, Lawtan.