"spamtrap1888" > wrote
>
> Hot dogs are the biggest food choking hazard for children. From a
> February article calling for hot dog redesign:
>
> "If you were to take the best engineers in the world and try to design
> the perfect plug for a child's airway, it would be a hot dog," says
> statement author Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury
> Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus,
> Ohio. "I'm a pediatric emergency doctor, and to try to get them out
> once they're wedged in, it's almost impossible."

I recently saw where the dog has been redesigned into a flat shape, more
like a patty. They are not in commercial production yet but may be soon.