The death of a 19-month-old baby who choked on a mini-cup jelly calls for a ban on small-sized jelly cups.

　　Thousands of boxes of jelly cups have been taken off the market in Shanghai, after the death of a 19-month-old baby who choked on a mini-cup jelly last month.

　　The Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision made the decision Wednesday saying a notice on the packet warning against giving the jelly cups to children was too small to be seen.

　　Officials refused to say whether only the small-sized jelly cups made by the manufacturer Sheng Hsiang Jen Foods were removed. They said they cannot ban only one size and that there is no proof it was the small size of the cup that caused the baby’s death.

　　There have been calls to ban the jelly cups altogether. Doctors say the dangers of feeding jelly to children are obvious. The Fudan University’s Children’s Hospital alone has handled five to 10 cases of kids choking on jelly each year over the past two years.

　　A survey by Sina.com and China Central Television shows that 54 percent of respondents believed that companies should stop producing mini-cup jelly despite an absence of state standard on its size.