Melissa, here almost all other dried fruit is considered choking hazzard, but not saltanas & currants due to their small size, they are still considered "gaging hazzards' which means they may cause a child to gag (due to their ability to swollow ceratin foods) but not to choke... by definition (from the early child hood book I got from our nurse) something has to he bigger than the oesophogus to choke - ie not be able to breath (it gives "relative sizes for age) ... here saltanas are smaller than (1/2 size or less) a pea & far more squashy, where as Raisins are about 3-4 times bigger & are considered a choking risk here.
But whether a food is a choking risk or not, if a child can eat it then, there is no reason why not
ALL meals should be 100% supervised - I know a child that choked on juice... well it gaged on a drink & that caused him to vomit & he choked on his tongue.