Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Doctors in America call for 'safer' hot dog to prevent child choking deaths

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00688/hotdog_385x185_688366a.jpg

That iconic symbol of all things American, the hot dog, needs a safety makeover, doctors said yesterday. The fast-food favourite was singled out in an academic journal for causing nearly one in five food-related choking deaths among young children...

How it might be made safer was left unclear by the journal of the American Academy of Paediatrics, but its call in a policy statement posted on its website was unequivocal: “Food manufacturers should design new foods, and redesign existing foods, including meat products, to avoid shapes, sizes, texture and other characteristics that increase choking risk to children...”

3 comments:

belinda said...

Choking is bad. Very bad.

However I don't want a nanny state. They'd better eliminate peanuts, grapes, rocks and toys too.

Nutritionally speaking , hotdogs are about the worse thing that a kid can eat anyway. Way worse than a rock.

Cathy_of_Alex said...

Belinda: I don't care, I LOVE dogs!

So, Vin, does this mean the Coney Island dog is history? I'm buying all the fat meat, big buns and chili with onions that I can!

belinda said...

I'm on it, Miss Cathy
(you mentioned the onions)