Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Nagpur Branch conducted raid at the premises of M/s Sankalp Jal Udyog, P H No 18/A, KH No 68/2 Borgaon (Dhurkheda), Tel Kalmeshwar. During the raid, the above firm was found engaged in misuse of BIS Certification mark popularly known as ISI Mark on the product ‘Packaged Drinking Water (PDW)’ without having a valid license from BIS.

 

The packaged drinking water is under the mandatory certification vide notification no GSR 760 (E) dated September 29, 2000 issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Department of Health, Government of India, as per section 2 (ii) of the notification which reads as “No person shall manufacture, sell or exhibit for sale packaged drinking water (PDW) except under the Bureau of Indian Standards Certification Mark i.e no manufacture (s) can produce packaged drinking water without BIS certification mark, popularly known as ISI mark under a valid license.

 

Further appropriate legal actions as per the provisions of BIS Act 2016 shall be initiated against the M/s Sankalp Jal Udyog, (non licence) and its proprietor/ partners and M/s Water Woods Creations and its proprietor/partners. it is for the information to general public that 1 litre PET bottles of Honey Dew brand and Amphitrite brand and 300 ml pouches of Honey Dew Brand under CM/L No 7400018511 are spuriously manufactured without following BIS norms and relevant Indian Standards and the said packaged drinking water can be dangerous to human consumption and thus it is an appeal from BIS that “Do not to use/consume/drink PDW bottles/pouches supplied by above manufacturers.” It is suggested that consumers should ascertain the genuineness of the ISI marked products before purchase by visiting BIS website http://www.bis.org.in BIS has appealed to general public/consumers to share information about misuse of ISI mark to BIS Nagpur Branch Office on phone numbers 0712-2540807, 0712-2957266. Although the scheme itself is voluntary in nature, the Government of India, on considerations of public health and safety, security, infrastructure requirements and mass consumption has enforced mandatory certification on various products through orders issued from time to time under various Acts. However, PDW is under mandatory certification vide notification issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.