Decree-Law prohibiting the manufacture, sale and consumption of bread containing less than 30% barley or white and yellow maize flour

Type

Decree-Law

Number

258

Date of the text

01/12/1942

Official Gazette

published in 1942

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

From 1 December 1942, it bans making, selling and consuming bread containing less than thirty percent barley or white and yellow sorghum flour, with fines or imprisonment for violators and harsher penalties for repeat offences.

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1942. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.