On 13.09.2024, during the search and seizure operation at M/s Sabari Water Plant, S. No 638/2A1A, Chelliyamman Nagar, Chettinayakkanpatti, Dindigul - 624004, huge quantity of Packaged Drinking Water bottles with brand name SabariS Aqua packed in 250ml and 20 litre PET containers containing labels with spurious ISI mark, were seized. M/s Sabari Water Plant was found manufacturing Packaged Drinking Water without a valid BIS (ISI MARK) Certification Marks license thus violating section 17 of BIS Act 2016.
According to Section 17 read in conjunction with Section 29 of Bureau of Indian Standards Act,2016, action would be taken to file a criminal complaint against the aforementioned company. The Act provides for imprisonment for a term which may extend up to two years or with fine which shall not be less than two lakh rupees for the first contravention and not be less than five lakh rupees for the second and subsequent contraventions, but may extend up to ten times the value of goods or articles produced or sold or offered to be sold or affixed or applied with a Standard Mark or with both as decided by the court.
In order to prevent manufacturers or retailers from distributing fake goods and mislead the wider populace, Bureau of Indian Standards is initiating search and seizure operations based on information of misuse.