The coroner, based in the Inner North London Area, said the 'bright, eye-catching colours' were an 'industry-wide phenomenon'.
Elizabeth died after ingesting the pods A 93-year-old woman suffering from dementia died after eating laundry capsules that looked like sweets, according to a report. Elizabeth Van Der-Drift died by a combination of aspiration pneumonia, ingesting the toxic laundry tablets, and dementia on March 19. A carer told the inquest into Ms Van Der-Drift’s death that the packaging ‘bore more than a passing resemblance to a bag of sweets’, a prevention of future deaths report said.
The coroner said he was ‘well aware’ of the Food Imitations Regulations 1989 but ‘it seems to me either that the regulations themselves have insufficient regard to those living with dementia or other cognitive impairment, or that the application of the regulations is not approached with sufficient rigour.’ The regulations prohibit the supply of products that are unfit for human consumption but are likely to be mistaken for food, and explicitly mention the risk to children.
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