CURRENT WORLDWIDE ODOUR POLICY

Our first act for February is to announce the publication of a new review paper, entitled “Summary and Overview of the Odour Regulations Worldwide”. It is a collaboration of 17 international odour experts, including Silsoe Odours Director Robert Sneath. Together, they “review and summarise odour legislation in selected European countries and South America, as well as Oceania and Asia.”

The authors assert that odour legislation varies widely between regions. However, in our own region, odour regulations are largely the same across the four countries of the United Kingdom.

After outlining the different regulatory approaches, the authors then highlight an outline list of questions. These could be helpful for discussion when forming odour regulations in the future. They also include discussion points around planning, continuous improvement and recommendations.

The authors also conclude how odour regulations differ currently, how they may move forwards and where promising advancements are emerging.

ROBERT SNEATH

Robert initially founded Silsoe Odours in 2005. He is a renowned odour expert. You will perhaps know him due to his extensive odour research and measurement experience. For example, he has been a UK member of the EU CEN working group TC264 WG2 “Odours” since 1995. The workgroup developed the European CEN odour measurement standard, BSEN13725, with a new update published in March 2022.

The "Summary and Overview of Worldwide Odour Regulations" review paper marks the end of a great piece of work from odour specialists from all over the world. I'm particularly grateful for the support of Steve Pierson, who worked with me on the UK contribution. It's important to collaborate with those doing the same thing in different ways. By working together we can work towards odour being measured in a comprehensive, cohesive way in all regions in the future.

Robert Sneath - Director, Silsoe Odours

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In conclusion, we are very pleased to see Robert’s contribution to such an important paper. In the event that you would like to understand more, please get in touch. Or perhaps you need support with understanding how odour regulations affect you. Either way, we are happy to help. So, please do give us a call on 01525 860222 or click below to get in touch. You can also follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Updated 30th March 2022