BS EN 17717:2024 - TC

This standard BS EN 17717:2024 - TC Tracked Changes. Plant biostimulants. Detection of Salmonella spp. is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.080 Fertilizers

This document specifies a method for the detection of Salmonella spp. in biostimulants. This document is applicable to all microbial biostimulants in agriculture. This document is applicable to the blends of fertilizing products where a blend is a mix of at least two of the following component EU fertilising products categories: Fertilizers, Liming Materials, Soil Improvers, Growing Media, Plant Biostimulants, and where the following category Plant Biostimulants is the highest % in the blend by mass or volume, or in the case of liquid form by dry mass. If Plant Biostimulants is not the highest % in the blend, the European Standard for the highest % of the blend applies. In case a blend of fertilizing products is composed of components in equal quantity or in case the component EU fertilising products used for the blend have identical formulations , the user decides which standard to apply.