In normal/vanilla rooms, if I'm not mistaken, you can throw consumables after one (1) mouse enters the hole with cheese. In survivor, consumables are not disabled BUT there is a maximum number of consumables that can be thrown (after this number, nobody can throw consumables).
Consumables cannot be thrown in any other game modes, i.e. racing, bootcamp, defilante, modules.
If your 'bug' is in these rooms, then it isn't a bug.