MISUSE OF ISI CERTIFICATES

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During 2001-02, 36 cases of misuse of Certification Mark (ISI) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) by traders/ manufacturers have come to notice. The cases detected during 2000-01 and 1999-2000 are 41 and 51 respectively.

BIS initiates legal proceedings in appropriate cases for misuse of the BIS Certification Mark and during the last three years 18 of the proceedings ended in convictions. Under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986, fine upto Rs. 50000/- or imprisonment extending upto one year or both can be imposed for offences involving misuse of the BIS Certification Mark.

This information was given in the Lok Sabha today by Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad in reply to a question of Shri Arun Kumar.