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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (438154)	7/19/2012 12:54:04 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 793957

U.S. Border Agents Take a Bite out of Crime 'Illegal' Kinder Eggs get U.S. men border detention The Associated Press Posted: Jul 18, 2012 7:37 AM ET Last Updated: Jul 18, 2012 7:36 AM ET Read 231 comments231 Kinder Eggs are banned in the United States because the plastic toys inside them are deemed to pose a choking hazard to children under three years old. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement on Kinder Eggs (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) 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 Seattle's KOMO-TV they decided to bring home some treats for friends and family during a recent trip to Vancouver. They bought Kinder Eggs — chocolate eggs with a toy inside. The two men say border guards searched their car and said the eggs are illegal in the United States because young children could choke on the small plastic toys. Importing them can lead to a potentially hefty fine. Sweeney says the bust was a waste of his time and the agents' time. The men eventually got off with a warning. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman declined to comment about the case Tuesday night. The agency warned on its website around Easter that the treats can't be imported legally. The agency says it seized more than 60,000 Kinder Eggs from travelers' baggage and international mail shipments in fiscal 2011, which was more than twice the amount seized in the previous year. cbc.ca