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STORAGE OF FERTILIZERS

This Guidance is for manufacturers, importers, merchants, hauliers, farmers, and everyone concerned with the storage, handling and transportation of solid fertilizers. Its purpose is to promote safety and preserve the quality of fertilizers in storage, handling and transport, to safeguard the health of personnel and to avoid hazards to the environment. It sets out requirements and recommendations for the handling and storage of fertilizers focusing on ammonium nitrate-based fertilizers.

 
This guidance is a revision of the former publication by APEA/IFA in 1992, Handbook for the Safe Storage of Ammonium Nitrate Based Fertilizers. Besides up-dating the information given, EFMA has enlarged the scope of the Guidance. It now covers all main solid mineral fertilizers and also security-related issues. It considers the environmental aspect in more detail. It suggests ways of good management with a list of basic good practices and also recommends emergency action and first aid procedures.
 
Safe Storage Guidance in Czech, Danish, English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Dutch. 

 

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