Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Madurai Branch Office has conducted search & seizure operation at the premises of M/s Holi Drop Packaged Drinking Water Company, 232/4B1B, Patteeswaram-Udaiyalur Main Road Pampapadaiyur, Kumbakonam Taluk, Thanjavur District – 612703 on 25.06.2025. The manufacturer was found packing Packaged drinking water in containers bearing labels with spurious ISI mark and without having a valid BIS Certification Marks Licence.
During the search and seizure operation at M/s Holi Drop Packaged Drinking Water Company, 232/4B1B, Patteeswaram - Udaiyalur Main Road Pampapadaiyur, Kumbakonam Taluk, Thanjavur District – 612703, Packaged Drinking Water packed in 17534 bottles of different capacities bearing labels with spurious ISI mark, under different brand names Bryn Aqua, Active Aqua, Winway were seized. Around 3.8 lakhs of labels containing spurious ISI Mark were also seized.
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 unit. 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.