Apocrypha 14

Did you know that it is an offence to sell anything that looks smells or feels like a piece of fruit but isn't? No, neither did I. Novelty items that look like strawberries or apples are a legal no-no, and shops that sell them can be heavily fined (up to £20,000) because of the danger of children eating them.

For the doubters out there, here's the law:-

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

(The Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1989, since you ask)



Some real fruit for comparison purposes

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Today's Daily Express front page is so perfect that I nearly bought a copy to frame and hang on my study wall:



It's all there, isn't it?