Millions of the chocolate eggs with a toy inside are sold every year in Europe's biggest economy, but according to a parliamentary health commission it is dangerous to combine food and toys in one product, the Bild newspaper said.
"Children cannot tell the difference between a toy and food," the Welt newspaper cited Miriam Gruss from the commission as saying.
A spokeswoman for Ferrero, the Italian confectionery firm that has made the eggs since 1974, said a ban would be unjustified as the figures or toys are enclosed in a yellow plastic capsule.
Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting
