cen:proj:83409

Soil improvers and growing media — Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants cen:proj:83409

Scope

This European Standard contains an assessment of the safety implications of soil improvers and growing media. This assessment provides a framework in which guidelines have been suggested to protect users (the exposed human population in general), the environment (flora, fauna, and ecosystems in a broad sense, including soil and water) and plants that are grown in the soil improver or growing medium.
Each hazard is discussed separately and includes:
• a description of the hazard;
• existing regulations that are relevant;
• a discussion of the applicability of the hazard to soil improvers and growing media; and;
This is summarized with a list of the hazards and corresponding recommended actions. The annexes contain references and
background information.
Not included in the investigations were the following quality aspects:
• commonly referred to as ‘fitness for purpose’, i.e. the commercial quality, composition or formulation that makes a product suited to
satisfy a specific market application;
• pertaining to consumer protection from commercial fraud including product conformity to a stated composition and tolerances of
deviations from it