Food safety experts in the UAE are investigating a kind of jelly cup candy following the reported choking deaths of three children in the United States last week, reported the Gulf News on Sunday.
The paper said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued a nationwide warning to consumers of the potential choking hazard posed by the jelly cups imported from Asia, which are also available in Dubai.
The municipality is investigating the problem and will issue a decision after that. Khalid Sharif, head of the food control section at Dubai Municipality, said: "This problem involves the size of the candy and the instructions on its label.
"We have a set of procedures that will be implemented to analyze the situation." The statement issued by the FDA said that some of the candy bears warning labels, suggesting that it is not to be eaten by children or the elderly. Yet others warn of choking as a hazard and to chew the candy well.
Some of the candy is sold with no warning label at all, he said - Albawaba.com
