JELLY MINICUPS
September 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission could impose a blanket EU ban on the sale of jelly mini-cups, the gelatinous confectionary blamed for causing dangerous choking in young consumers. This follows advice from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that any mini-cup made with a gel-forming additive "could cause choking and not just in children".
THE EUROPEAN Commission could impose a blanket EU ban on the sale of jelly mini-cups, the gelatinous confectionary blamed for causing dangerous choking in young consumers. This follows advice from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that any mini-cup made with a gel-forming additive "could cause choking and not just in children".
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