Editing Candy (section)

===Choking deaths===
[[File:Kinder Surprise Egg.jpg|alt=Thin egg-shaped chocolate shell, broken open to reveal a large plastic capsule that contains a cheap plastic toy|thumb|Candies with plastic toys inside can create a choking hazard]]
Hard, round candies are a leading cause of [[choking]] deaths in children.<ref name=Roach>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/health/mary-roach-on-studying-food-and-how-humans-eat-it.html?pagewanted=all|title=The Marvels in Your Mouth|last=Roach|first=Mary|date=26 March 2013|work=The New York Times|access-date=28 March 2013|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716030900/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/health/mary-roach-on-studying-food-and-how-humans-eat-it.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref> Some types of candy, such as [[Lychee Mini Fruity Gels]], have been associated with so many choking deaths that their import or manufacture is banned by some countries.<ref name=Roach /><ref>{{cite journal|author=Seidel JS, Gausche-Hill M|title=Lychee-flavored gel candies: a potentially lethal snack for infants and children|journal=Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med|volume=156|issue=11|pages=1120–2|date=November 2002|pmid=12413340|doi=10.1001/archpedi.156.11.1120}}</ref>

Non-nutritive toy products such as [[chocolate eggs]] containing packaging with a toy inside are banned from sale in the US. If the material attached to confectionery has a function and will not cause any injury to the consumer, it is allowed to be marketed. In the EU, however, the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC specifies that toys contained in food only need separate packaging that cannot be swallowed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02009L0048-20140721&from=EN|title=Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys|publisher=European Parliament & Council|date=18 June 2009|access-date=8 April 2015|archive-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126180535/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02009L0048-20140721&from=EN|url-status=live}}</ref>