DANSK DS/CEN/CR 13455 PDF

This document 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;
- recommended safety guidelines formulated by WG 2 of CEN/TC 223.
This is summarized with a list of the hazards and corresponding recommended actions. The annexes
contain references and background information.
Not included in WG 2's investigations were those quality aspects that are:
- 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.