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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/food-imitations-safety-regulations-1989/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1291",
  "legislation_title": "The Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“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;\n“goods” do not include those mentioned in section 11(7)(a) to (d) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 or–\n(a) marbles;\n(b) products bona fide intended for use to represent food in a dolls' house or other model scene or setting; or\n(c) anything consisting entirely of articles or substances used as ingredients in the preparation of food.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1291/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:40:05.731883+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}