
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st January 1990.
2 
The Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1985 and the Food Imitations (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 are hereby revoked.
3 
In these Regulations–
 “food” means food for human consumption and includes drink, chewing gum and other products of a like nature and use and articles and substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food or drink or of such products;
 “goods” do not include those mentioned in section 11(7)(a) to (d) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or–
(a) marbles;
(b) products bona fide intended for use to represent food in a dolls' house or other model scene or setting; or
(c) anything consisting entirely of articles or substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food.
4 
No person shall supply, offer to supply, agree to supply, expose for supply or possess for supply any manufactured goods which are ordinarily intended for private use and are not food but which–
(a) have a form, odour, colour, appearance, packaging, labelling, volume or size which is likely to cause persons, in particular, children to confuse them with food and in consequence to place them in their mouths or suck them or swallow them; and
(b) where such action as is mentioned in (a) above is taken in relation to them, may cause death or personal injury.
Eric Forth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
27th July 1989