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CBP Issues Importation Advisory on Kinder Eggs

As the Spring travel season approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection would like to remind importers and the traveling public that Kinder Eggs, a popular product during the Easter holiday season, is banned from import into the U.S. Kinder Eggs…

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are hollow milk chocolate eggs about the size of a large hen’s egg. They are a prohibited item because they contain a toy, hidden inside, that has small parts and poses a choking and aspiration hazard for children younger than three years of age. Kinder Eggs may not be imported into the U.S. and will be confiscated and destroyed. The traveler, in possession of the Kinder Eggs, may be allowed to take them back to Canada.