BIS searches at e-commerce warehouses linked to US cos

Agency intensifies crackdown on substandard goods with search-and-seize operations in Delhi

- Dhirendra Kumar

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has intensified its crackdown on substandard products sold by e-commerce platforms, conducting major raids at warehouses linked to Amazon and Flipkart in Delhi.

In a search-and-seize operation at Amazon Sellers Pvt. Ltd's facility in Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area on 19 March, BIS officials confiscated over 3,500 products, including water geysers, food mixers and electrical appliances, for either lacking the mandatory ISI mark or carrying fake labels, as per a consumer affairs ministry release.

This is the second such raid conducted by the BIS on Amazon and Flipkart in March. The first was on 7 March. The estimated value of goods seized in the 19 March raids stands at around 70 lakh, as per the ministry.