Prohibition of the Use of Saccharin and Its Derivatives and Substitutes, Unfit Drinking Water and Harmful Colouring Matters in the Preparation of Foodstuffs and

Type

Decision

Number

68

Date of the text

07/04/1939

Official Gazette

published in 1939

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

4

What it provides

This decision bans the use of saccharin and similar substitutes, unfit drinking water, and harmful colouring matter in making food products and beverages, treating such use as adulteration subject to penalties.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1939. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.