JELLY MINI CUPS

BY PHILIP FINE

NEW Choice Food, an American maker of the jelly mini cups associated with choking deaths of children, was recently ordered to destroy a half-million dollars US (£312,000) worth of conjac gel sweets under the supervision of the US Food and Drug
Administration. Thirteen thousand creamer-size packages were expected to be destroyed under an order that included a complete product withdrawal.

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