I lived in a border-town, Baudette, when I was young. The Canadian border was no more than ten minutes away. Whenever I visited my grandmother, who lives in Rainy River, my sisters and I would go to the grocery store and get a certain chocolate. On Easter and other special events I would get the same chocolate. I assumed I could get my favorite chocolate anywhere. As a child you don’t think about whether the government allows chocolate in the States or not. These treats aren’t your grainy Hershey or deceitful Creme Eggs, these chocolates are siblings to Ferrero Rochers. They are delicious chocolates named “Kinder Surprise.” And I am full of surprise finding out my childhood candy is illegal in the U.S. In fact, they announced a recall the day I was born in 1997 (CPSC).
The realization of my friends never tasting a Kinder Egg a day in their life is heart-breaking for me. Kinder Surprises are egg-shaped with a milk-chocolate shell and white chocolate on the inside. Inside is a small capsule containing a toy you can assemble—similar to what Americans can find in cereal boxes or at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box. The small toy is usually in a series, where one buys more Kinder Eggs to complete a certain set (such as Disney princesses or odd animals). Yet, there’s no point in explaining what these delicious treats are if you aren’t allowed to purchase them. I propose the U.S. lifts the silly ban on Kinder Eggs and allows people to enjoy a sweet chocolate with an amazing toy as a reward.
The main reasons the U.S. bans Kinder Eggs are the “choking hazard” and the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938” (Marisco). The act states candy/chocolates cannot include items that do not serve a purpose for the product. Strings in candy br...
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...st way to ensure an American Child’s safety and enjoy a Kinder Egg. A child will open a Kinder Surprise search for “imagination and creativity” then receive a sweet reward afterwards, how kind.
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Just like the kid that buys a sugary cereal just because it has Spongebob Squarepants on it, or like the person that goes to Disneyland to have fun but at end of that day, they can buy a churro. Parents also need to take a action in this too, just because you kid gives you a temper tantrum doesn’t mean that you need to buy them the candy they want in order for them to stop crying, and parents should also be informed of the things that their kids are consuming at their schools. Food companies should market or promote the TINY WORDS on the back of their product that informs all of the substances they used to make the product, to the consumer. Just like they would promote their food products to get consumers. Think about these following questions: What will you do to be informed of the chemicals used on the products you and your family consumes? Is it worth buying just because it has your favorite characters, movie, or games on
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According to an article entitled, The Child in the Garden: An Evaluative Review of the Benefits of School Gardens, by Dorothy Blair, “Anonymous prepackaged food arrives at supermarkets from energy-intensive, polluting, and often obesity-promoting industrial food-manufacturing systems.” This is the main reason that I am interested in food based education programs because I am a mother of three school aged children and as a mom it is difficult for me to encourage healthy eating habits when everything is against me. Television commercials are constantly advertising sugary foods, radios promote candy, and grocery stores encourage more candy sales at checkout lines. On top of that they are packaged in a way that is appealing to young children. For example, I was at the grocery store and saw a box of cereal with the characters of Frozen as did my daughter. Since Frozen is my daughter’s favorite movie she wanted me to buy it for her. I looked at the nutrition content and it was just another sugary cereal. As a mother this is a hard decision because I know the only reason she wants it is because of the packaging. If I say no than she becomes upset and if I say yes than I am not providing healthy food choices. This is the
Finally, Mattel should collaborate with quick service restaurants such as McDonalds and Burger King to include a Mattel toy, such as Hot Wheels, in kids’ meals. In 2006, the food industry spent over $360 million on toys and 36% of all fast food meals were served to kids, making toys the most popular form of marketing to children (Gagnon & Freudenberg, 2012). This is a unique opportunity for Mattel to increase their competitive advantage through a different marketing
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Alcohol manufacturers use a variety of unscrupulous techniques to advertise alcoholic beverages to children. Perhaps the worst example is Anheuser-Busch Co., the world's largest brewer, which uses child-enticing cartoon images of frogs, dogs, penguins and lizards in ads for Budweiser beer. These Budweiser cartoon characters are hugely popular with children, just like Joe Camel ads. A KidCom Marketing study once found these Budweiser cartoon character ads were American children's favorite ads. This is no accident. Anheuser-Busch is conducting an advertising campaign to get children to start drinking beer. These Budweiser ads are unconscionable. So are Phillip Morris's Miller Lite "twist to open" commercials, which are among children's top 10 favorite ads, according to another study by KidCom.
Americans consume chocolate every day, we love it. It gives us a little morsel of happiness when we consume it. But what effects does it have on others when we consume it? Do other Americans know what went into making that fun size Snickers Bar? Most people don’t, in Africa children are kidnapped and smuggled across the continent to work as slaves on coca plantations. The children smuggled for slave work are as young as seven years old. Daily hundreds of children are trafficked to the Ivory Coast, which is a renowned area where most chocolate plantations are. It is sickening that children are taken away from their home to work on farms as slaves. Not living a fun and educated childhood, they are worked in unsafe and unethical environments.
...ions in Europe and the United States, making chocolate competitive for the more extensive overall public.
Throughout the United States, concern of rising health issues is a popular topic. Over a progression of many years, American fast food chains and junk food companies have risen as a common means for food replacing homemade family meals. This quick and easy habit of buying cheaply made and sold foods that lack real nutritional value has been reason for increasing health issues. This habit is seen in children just the same as adults. Children eat the quickest meal with the most sugar and fat (among other unhealthy ingredients). This habit needs to be broken to take better care of the children today. Children are eating snack cakes and other junk foods at school instead of the breakfast/lunch that is offered causing bad habits and a poor diet. The children of America are suffering from the effects of malnutrition and yet, society does not help them to better understand or give higher grade options for them to choose from. Therefore, junk food should not be allowed in schools as it imposes health risks on children, lacks requirements for the nutrition contained in them, and without offering them, children would learn many morals/lessons.
... in the toy industry is to make toy safety the number one priority and to fulfill the customers’ needs.
We may think of chocolates as God's gift to humanity as they may soothes all our problems and suffering. But, have you ever wonder that these chocolates – sweet, good and pleasurable as it may, have dark sides?.
When Twister first hit the shelves, it was criticized as being a morally corrupt game. Tim Walsh states in his book, “Timeless Toys: Classic Toys and the Playmakers Who Created Them” that “in 1965, the idea of being in such close proximity to someone – especially someone of the opposite sex – was socially unacceptable,”(Walsh, 204). These traditional views hurt the games sales in the early months of its release. Twister was so out of the norm during the 1960s that it was originally intended to be an adult party game, which can be seen on the cover of the original game box, featuring only adults playing the game (Walsh, 204). Retailers, such as Sears would not even sell Twister in their stores, due to its sexual connotations (Walsh, 205). However, once Milton Bradley hired a public relation agency with a strategy to get Twister on television shows, the popularization of Twister began (Walsh, 204).
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The food companies are similar to tobacco companies in many ways. Both of their products are addictive and unhealthy, and spend an abundant amount of money in advertising. It is easier to manipulate children's psychology, so they become the target for the companies. Brownell, a professor of psychology and public health from Yale University states," As a culture, we've become upset by the tobacco companies advertising to children, but we sit idly by while the food companies do the very same thing." (Moss 474). The advertisements are all over the internet, TV channels, billboards, etc. to tempt the children if they have not been yet tempted by the addictive taste of the silent killer. In addition to this, some companies give free toys with their products to appeal the children. This makes it harder for the parents to say no to their children. Companies do whatever it takes to make children persuade their parents into buying them.