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=== United Kingdom === In 2000, three families who had lost children to choking on toys inside edible eggs campaigned for the products to be withdrawn from the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brady|first=Emma|date=12 September 2000|title=Parents hit out at EU over tiny deadly toys|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Parents+hit+out+at+EU+over+tiny+deadly+toys.-a065156393|website=The Birmingham Post}}</ref> Defenders of the chocolates said that these had been unfortunate fatalities. This was discussed in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1985/jul/16/confectionery-plastic-toys#S6CV0083P0_19850716_CWA_192|title=Confectionery (Plastic Toys)|publisher=House of Commons|date=16 July 1985|access-date=17 August 2012|archive-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102131332/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1985/jul/16/confectionery-plastic-toys#S6CV0083P0_19850716_CWA_192|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 1989|title=Oral Answers to Questions - Trade and Industry|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-06/Orals-1.html|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=2017-09-02|archive-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310165145/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-12-06/Orals-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=9 November 1989|title=Written Answers to Questions|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-11-09/Writtens-1.html|publisher=Parliament of the United Kingdom|access-date=2017-09-02|archive-date=2017-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310165037/https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198889/cmhansrd/1989-11-09/Writtens-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also by the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]] which said, "The child’s tragic death was caused by the ingestion of a small part of the egg’s contents. Many other products and toys with small parts are available in the market place. If we were to start banning every product that could be swallowed by a child, there would be very few toys left in the market".<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 August 1985|title=Department of Trade and Industry Press Notice|url=http://www.ferrerousa.com//inc/IMGShow.php?IDF=15023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221235158/http://www.ferrerousa.com//inc/IMGShow.php?IDF=15023|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
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