These Regulations, which apply to England and Wales only, come into operation on 1st April 1980.

The Regulations prohibit the sale and importation of food containing chloroform (regulation 4).

The Regulations do not apply to food intended for export or to products whose chloroform content is controlled by the Medicines (Chloroform Prohibition) Order 1979; until 1st April 1981 the Regulations do not apply to food manufactured before 1st April 1980 (Regulation 3).