Resolution No.64/1 of 2016 about requirements for trading in honey products. Country/Territory Lebanon Document type Regulation Date 2016 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No.6 Dated 11-02-2016, p.346 Subject Food & nutrition, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Apiculture/sericulture Food additives Internal trade International trade Packaging/labelling Food quality control/food safety Pesticides Hazardous substances Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Entry into force notes This Resolution enters into force six months after its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This resolution consisting of 6 articles aims at protecting the honey farms. It establishes that: all the honey products, either imported or locally produced, shall be subject to specific laboratory tests to analyze the presence of any depositions of antibiotics and pesticides listed in Annex 1. The export products are subject to proper analysis to the standards of the importing country (for EU exports the laboratory tests shall analyze the presence of any depositions of chemicals, as indicated in Annex 2). Honey does not require the presence of the expiration date on the package, provided it is indicated the date of production of not more than 5 years. Full text Arabic Website www.pcm.gov.lb