National legislation

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. ...

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the addition of vitamins to foodstuff. Article 1a lists substances authorized to be added to foodstuff, whereas article 1b lists substances authorized with restrictions to be added to foodstuff. Article 2 deals with labelling. The text consists...