BIS to launch self-declaration of safety standards for low risk products
Updated: Feb 20, 2014 12:37:53pm
New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is planning to expand its product conformity assessment scheme by launching self-declaration of conformity to Indian standards and self-declaration of conformity to safety standards.
“These new schemes shall not require any visit to the factory by BIS scientists and the manufacturers shall be registered on the basis of testing of the product against Indian Standards in a BIS recognised laboratory,” said an announcement by Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, K V Thomas yesterday.
However, the new schemes shall initially be available for low risk products only.
In addition, gold buyers will soon have the option of checking whether the Hallmark product that they are buying is genuine. BIS has announced that it will allot a unique identification number for each hallmarked jewellery article introduced to ensure the traceability of such articles.
Thomas also said that a Scheme for Testing of Public Samples has been launched to get the ISI marked product tested from BIS recognized labs and hallmarked jewellery tested from BIS referral lab. A provision has been made to refund the cost of product plus testing charges, in case the quality of ISI marked product/purity of hallmarked jewellery found to be lower than that declared/marked on the product/jewellery.
Moreover, a Trade Facilitation Cell is proposed to be created in BIS, keeping in view the growing importance of standards and conformity assessment procedure in global trade.
BIS operates Certification Schemes that assure quality, reliability and safety to the users. It presently has over 40,000 licenses, including Product Licenses, Jewellery and Management Systems licenses. (KNN/ES)
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“These new schemes shall not require any visit to the factory by BIS scientists and the manufacturers shall be registered on the basis of testing of the product against Indian Standards in a BIS recognised laboratory,” said an announcement by Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, K V Thomas yesterday.
However, the new schemes shall initially be available for low risk products only.
In addition, gold buyers will soon have the option of checking whether the Hallmark product that they are buying is genuine. BIS has announced that it will allot a unique identification number for each hallmarked jewellery article introduced to ensure the traceability of such articles.
Thomas also said that a Scheme for Testing of Public Samples has been launched to get the ISI marked product tested from BIS recognized labs and hallmarked jewellery tested from BIS referral lab. A provision has been made to refund the cost of product plus testing charges, in case the quality of ISI marked product/purity of hallmarked jewellery found to be lower than that declared/marked on the product/jewellery.
Moreover, a Trade Facilitation Cell is proposed to be created in BIS, keeping in view the growing importance of standards and conformity assessment procedure in global trade.
BIS operates Certification Schemes that assure quality, reliability and safety to the users. It presently has over 40,000 licenses, including Product Licenses, Jewellery and Management Systems licenses. (KNN/ES)
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