Is it Food? Cornflake sells for $1350

A single cornflake shaped like the state of Illinois has reportedly been sold on eBay for $1350.

Here's the fun part for me. According to CNN:

McIntire and her sister Emily, 15, listed the cornflake on eBay last week, but eBay canceled the auction, saying it violated the Web site's policy against selling food.

Under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC sec. 321(f), "food" means:

(1) articles used for food or drink for man or other animals,

(2) chewing gum, and

(3) articles used for components of any such article.

So my Sunday morning time-waster question is, when a single cornflake becomes a thousand-dollar collector's item, is still "food"?

eBay has evidently decided that small quantities of cornflakes are not food; a quick search for "corflake" on eBay came up with 37 offerings.  It looks like a motivated collector could start building a 50-states collection.