A team of Officials from Bureau of Indian Requirement (BIS), Chennai Branch Workplace, carried out an Enforcement Search and Seizure Raid operation on 15 May 2024 at an unauthorized Packaged Alcohol consumption Water Bottling plant facilities situated in Salavathy Village, Tindivanam based on an information of suspected offense of BIS Act, 2016. 

Throughout the procedure carried out by a group of BIS Officials constituting Shri. Sreejith Mohan J. Joint Director, Shri Dhinesh Rajagopalan L. Deputy Director and staff members, in pursuance of Section 28 of BIS Act 2016, a total supply of 189 varieties of 2 Litre PET Bottles, 180 varieties of 500 ml PET Bottles and 106 varieties of 20L PET jars loaded with Packaged Drinking Water and birthing tags noted with spurious ISI mark were seized. Furthermore, roughly 3,00,000 nos. of tags noted with spurious ISI mark were likewise taken. The Manufacturer does not hold a valid BIS permit, and company has broken Section 17 of BIS Act 2016 by applying spurious ISI mark on PET Bottles. 

Head of Chennai Branch Office Smt G. Bhavani stated that action would be started by Bureau of Indian Standards, Chennai Branch Office versus the wrongdoer under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016. The offense is punishable with imprisonment up to two years or a fine not less than Rs. 2,00,000/- but may prolong up to 10 times the worth of items or posts produced or marketed or offered to be sold or fastened or applied with a Standard Mark or both as per Section 29 of BIS Act, 2016 for initial Contravention. 

Authenticity of BIS Standard mark can be verified making use of a mobile application called “BIS Care App”. General public are, as a result requested that in case they discover such instances of Misuse of ISI Mark the very same may be intimated to BIS Chennai Branch Office, CIT Campus, 4th Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai-600113. Such problems can additionally be made by utilizing the BIS Care App or by sending an E-Mail to [email protected]. The resource of such information would be strictly kept private. BIS Website www.bis.gov.in and e-BIS (manakonline.in) might be searched for basic information on BIS.

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