DIN Standards Committee Food and Agricultural Products
Soil improvers and growing media - Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants
Abstract
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
Begin
2026-02-02
WI
00223146
Planned document number
00223146
Responsible national committee
NA 057-03-01 AA - Soil improvers and growing media
