Provisional German Beer Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 1931 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Viticulture/oenological practices Standards Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Provisional Act on the purity of beer replaces the “Reinheitsgebot” (Purity Law) of 1516 allowing constituent components prohibited in the previous one, such as wheat malt and cane sugar, but no longer allowing unmalted barley. The text consists of 25 articles. Full text German Website www.bgbl.de