LNCSM LNS: Libya nutrition label
LNCSM LNS, the Libyan nutrition label under LNS adopting GSO 9:2013 (LNCSM), 7 mandatory nutrients, per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, Arabic on pack. Generate a compliant label free.
Reviewed against LNS adopting GSO 9:2013 (LNCSM) · Page updated October 25, 2026
Nutrition labelling requirements in Libya
Packaged food sold in Libya must carry a nutrition declaration under LNS adopting GSO 9:2013 (LNCSM). This page covers the Libya - LNCSM LNS format: Arabic/English per Libyan National Centre for Standardization. A compliant Libyan nutrition label declares 7 mandatory nutrients: energy (السعرات), protein (البروتين), fat (الدهون), saturated fat (الدهون المشبعة), carbohydrate (الكربوهيدرات), sugars (السكريات) and sodium (الصوديوم). Values are declared per 100 g or 100 ml and per serving, both columns required, with energy in both kcal and kJ, and sodium rather than salt. The panel is headed "المعلومات الغذائية / Nutrition Information". Arabic is required on pack. There is no mandatory front-of-pack warning scheme. Libya adopts GSO 9:2013 rather than writing its own labelling text, so a label built to that standard travels across every market that adopted it. NFL builds a print-ready Libyan nutrition label from your recipe, applying the rounding rules and reference intakes for Libya automatically, and exports it as PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG or EPS.
Official regulation
Key facts
One standard, 5 markets
Libya applies GSO 9:2013, a harmonised standard adopted in full by 4 other markets. A label built to this standard is accepted in all of them, subject to each market's own language rules and its own enforcement body. The sibling markets are GCC (Saudi Arabia / UAE / Qatar / Kuwait / Bahrain / Oman), Iraq, Sudan, Yemen.
Libya food labelling requirements under Libyan standards
In Libya, adopted national standards are legally binding. Law No. 5 of 1990 on Standards and Standard Specifications states that national and international standards adopted by the National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) are mandatory throughout Libya, including for imports and exports. This differs from countries such as Lebanon, where standards are voluntary unless made compulsory by decree.
The general food labelling standard is LNS 53-1:2020, Explanatory Data, Part One: explanatory data on packages and containers of packaged foodstuffs. Compliance is mandatory for packaged foods within its scope.
The Food and Drug Control Center (FDCC) has told manufacturers that all ingredients and nutrition label information must appear on the product's outer package.
Source: Law No. 5 of 1990 on Standards and Standard Specifications, and Libya Trade Facilitation Enquiry Point, approved standards catalogue.
Libya nutrition label requirements under LNS 53-2
Nutrition labelling is mandatory for packaged foods covered by LNS 53-2:2020, Explanatory Data, Part Two: nutritional explanatory data on packages and containers of foodstuffs, which Libya adopted as a separate standard.
The FDCC's notice to manufacturers makes nutrition information on the outer package mandatory, alongside the full ingredient list.
The public catalogue confirms the standard but does not publish its nutrient list, reference values or format rules. Obtain the full text of LNS 53-2 from LNCSM before designing a panel.
Source: FDCC, Notice to manufacturers on ingredients and nutrition information.
Libya food label language requirements
The language rule sits in LNS 53-1, whose full text is not published online. Arabic labelling is the established expectation for food sold in Libya, and English commonly appears alongside it, but the exact mandatory wording should be checked in the standard.
Because adopted standards are binding under Law No. 5 of 1990, whatever language provisions LNS 53-1 contains are mandatory. The official catalogue refers users to LNCSM for the full standard.
Source: Libya Trade Facilitation Enquiry Point, laws, procedures and approved standards.
Libya imported food labelling and regulatory control
Imported food is subject to mandatory conformity control. The FDCC inspects and tests local and imported food and issues release permissions.
Labelling is enforced at the border. The FDCC has published a case in which it rejected a shipment of confectionery from Turkey because it did not comply with Libyan Standard No. 53 on explanatory data: two wrappers on the same product showed different dates.
An FDCC procedure listed by the Trade Facilitation Enquiry Point tells food importers to check with LNCSM which approved standards apply to their product. The sources do not confirm a general sticker option, so labels should comply before shipment.
Source: FDCC, Functions, and FDCC, Rejection of imported confectionery shipment.
Sources
Primary documents this page was written from, checked 2026-10-04.
- Law No. 5 of 1990 on Standards and Standard Specifications
- Libya Trade Facilitation Enquiry Point, approved standards catalogue
- Libya Trade Facilitation Enquiry Point, laws, procedures and approved standards
- FDCC, Notice to manufacturers on ingredients and nutrition information
- FDCC, Functions
- FDCC, Rejection of imported confectionery shipment
How NFL handles it
- Applies the correct rounding rules for every nutrient
- Uses the right Daily Value / Reference Intake table for this jurisdiction
- Renders the required front-of-pack warnings automatically when thresholds are hit
- Handles multilingual labels where required (bilingual EN/FR, EN/ES, Arabic + EN, etc.)
- Exports print-ready vector PDF, PNG, SVG, JPG, and EPS
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