But at the border, Ms. Bird saw her Kinder Surprise promptly seized, with a stern warning that she could have faced a $300 fine for secreting it into the country. "It was just a chocolate egg," Ms ...

Little did Bird know, the Kinder egg could have resulted in a $300 fine. The toy surprise inside has been declared an unacceptable choking hazard by U.S. officials.

Two Seattle men returning home from Vancouver were detained by U.S. border agents because the Kinder Eggs the men bought in Canada are banned in the U.S. as the plastic toys in the eggs could ...

Border guards detain two men over illegal Kinder Surprises TWO Seattle men got a nasty surprise when the chocolate eggs they bought for their family in Canada landed them in a border detention centre.

As trivial as the border seizure may seem, Bird said the U.S. government has sent her a seven-page letter asking her to formally authorize the destruction of her seized Kinder egg. "I thought it ...