CR 13455:1999

Soil improvers and growing media - Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants

This CEN Report contains an assessment of the safety implications of soil improvers and growing media. This assessment provides a framework in which guidelings have been suggested to protect users (the exposed 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 media.

Izboljševalci tal in rastni substrati - Navodila za varnost uporabnikov, okolja in rastlin

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 13-Jul-1999
• ICS: 65.080 - Fertilizers
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 223 - Soil improvers and growing media
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 223/WG 2 - Safety
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 14-Jul-1999
• Completion Date: 14-Jul-1999
• Ref Project: SIST CR 13455:2002 - Soil improvers and growing media - Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants

Relations

• Revised: prEN 17732 - Soil improvers and growing media - Terminology
• Effective Date: 06-Nov-2019

Overview

CR 13455:1999 - Soil improvers and growing media: Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment and plants is a CEN Report that assesses the safety implications of soil improvers and growing media and provides a framework of suggested guidelines. The document aims to protect three primary receptors: users (the exposed population in general), the environment (flora, fauna, soil and water ecosystems) and plants grown in the media. The report has been adopted nationally (e.g., SIST CR 13455:2002 in Slovenia) and falls under ICS 65.080 (Fertilizers).

Key Topics

The report concentrates on safety and risk-management aspects associated with soil amendments and growing substrates. Core thematic areas include:

• Safety framework and risk assessment for users, plants and ecosystems
• Environmental protection considerations for soil and water quality
• Plant health and phytotoxicity risks associated with media constituents
• Handling, storage and application guidance to reduce exposure and contamination
• Quality assurance and monitoring principles to verify safety over time
• Labeling and information to ensure correct, safe use by professionals and consumers

Note: CR 13455:1999 provides guideline-level recommendations and a structured assessment approach rather than prescriptive numeric limits. It focuses on practical measures to identify hazards and reduce potential impacts from soil improvers and growing media.

Applications

CR 13455:1999 is applicable wherever soil improvers, composts, substrates and growing media are produced, distributed or applied:

• Development of company safety policies for producers of soil amendments and growing media
• Setting best-practice procedures for horticulture, landscaping, urban greening and nursery operations
• Informing environmental risk assessments for reuse of organic wastes as soil improvers
• Guiding quality control and monitoring programs in production and supply chains
• Supporting regulatory guidance and municipal or national policy on safe use of growing substrates

Who uses this standard

• Manufacturers and formulators of soil improvers and growing media
• Commercial growers, nurseries, landscapers and arborists
• Environmental consultants, risk assessors and laboratories
• Regulators and public bodies setting safe-use guidelines
• Waste recyclers and composting operations producing soil amendments

Related standards

CR 13455:1999 complements other CEN/ISO guidance and national standards relating to fertilizers, composts, growing media and soil amendment testing. For national adoption, see SIST CR 13455:2002.

Keywords: CR 13455:1999, soil improvers, growing media, safety guidelines, CEN, environmental protection, user safety, plant safety, growing substrates, soil amendments.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2002
Izboljševalci tal in rastni substrati - Navodila za varnost uporabnikov, okolja in
rastlin
Soil improvers and growing media - Guidelines for the safety of users, the environment
and plants
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CR 13455:1999
ICS:
65.080 Gnojila Fertilizers
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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