On 1 May 2024, the amended version of RHP (published on 1 February 2024) becomes compulsory. This means that from 1 May 2024, MPS-ECAS will conduct audits against the amended standard.

The updated standard can be downloaded via ‘My RHP’. The modules that have been amended are shown in red in the table of contents (MOD 000). The amended wordings in modules are also highlighted in red. You will find details of the modules and their changes in the table below.

Module Change
010
  • Various definitions added and changed.
040
  • Dispensations recategorised.
  • Dispensations for trial deliveries changed (compost now added).
  • Dispensations for new products to promote innovation added.
  • Additions made to withdrawal of dispensations.
050
  • Limit introduced for number of repeat analyses of a batch.
  • System of shortcomings now also applies to dispensations.
060
  • Addition to audit duration.
  • Addition in case of periodic audit at main site.
  • Product monitoring and sampling requirements merged.
  • Timeframe for product monitoring for location types 1, 2, 3 and 4.
  • Formalising possibility of unannounced sampling by CB.
110
  • Investigation method ‘Plugs’ added.
200
  • Requirement in case of batch rejection in an emergency added.
210
  • No new standard; module has partly been recategorised. Separate heading for company hygiene.
260
  • Mushrooms: requirement for disinfection dropped.
  • Mushrooms: valuation in table reorganised.
300
  • Module reorganised.
  • Products in categories B and C added.
  • Special standards for small batches of trace elements dropped.
  • Alternative assessment if characteristic test for wetting agent not possible.
  • New requirements for biostimulants added.
  • New requirements for category C products added.
  • Packaged D-products can now be present at RHP site.
  • New requirements for category D products added.
310
  • Same as MOD 300 (except biostimulants).
320
  • Module reorganised.
410
  • Standard for sieve fraction amended.
430
  • Phytosanitary test added.
  • Maximum dose under amended standards increased.
435
  • New ‘Spend substrate’ module (Consumer).
450
  • Reference to MOD 300 for colouring.
  • Frequency of 1:5 analysis and Mn-active analysis amended.
460
  • Mushrooms: standard for organic matter amended.
  • Mushrooms: Nematode analysis method amended.
490
  • PH standard changed.
  • Standard for intensively washed coir added.
  • Clarification provided in product quality check.
520
  • Frequency of chemical analyses amended.
  • Frequency of counter samples amended.
580
  • Standard for A grade amended.
  • Standards for nematodes and nematode analysis method amended.
700
  • Manganese standard adapted.
  • Paragraph on ‘Additional product marking’ for the ‘Prescription’.
715
  • Passage on colouring moved to MOD 300.
720
  • New ‘Plugs’ module (Horticulture).
760
  • Internal laboratory assessment for pH and EC measurements changed.