Prohibition of Consumption of Sugar Cane in Its Natural State

Type

Decision

Number

297

Date of the text

12/11/1940

Official Gazette

published in 1940

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

5

What it provides

This decree bans eating sugar cane in its raw state so the crop is kept for making sugar and its derivatives. It requires growers to declare their planted area and expected yield, and fines anyone who buys or sells cane without authorisation.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1940. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.