Preliminary National Standard of the Russian Federation PNST 540⎯2021 Biological control agents for organic agriculture. General specifications. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2021 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Cultivated plants Keyword Biological control agents Ecological production/organic production Standards Pesticides Registration Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract Preliminary National Standard of the Russian Federation PNST 540⎯2021 Biological control agents for organic agriculture establishes general requirements applicable to authorized biological plant protection agents against pests and diseases - biological control agents intended for sale and used in the production of organic products. The manufacturing of biological control agents for organic agriculture must comply with the requirements of the acting regulatory legal acts. The priority source of source material for the propagation of biological control agents for organic agriculture, with a sufficient level of quality, is native flora and fauna. Production of biological control agents for organic agriculture using genetic engineering methods, genetically modified organisms is prohibited. Biological control agents for organic agriculture and the processes associated with their use must comply with the requirements of and must be included in the catalog as microbiological and biological pesticides that have passed state registration in accordance with the established procedure. The use of ionizing radiation is prohibited. The production of biological control agents for organic agriculture should be separated from the production of other biological and chemical plant protection products that do not meet the requirements for organic production. Microorganisms used in organic agriculture must be deposited with an organization authorized in the relevant field and identified by sequencing to the species. Full text Russian Website allgosts.ru