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BIS-Bhubaneswar initiates legal action over unlicensed ISI mark use

Bhubaneswar, Oct 28 (UNI) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) seized 8,295 bottles of packaged drinking water and 500 labels bearing the ISI mark from a unit in Kusupur area in Odisha’s Puri district for allegedly using the mark without a valid licence.
The BIS team found the establishment manufacturing, filling and dispatching packaged drinking water in PET bottles bearing the ISI mark in violation of the BIS Act, 2016.
The seized stock comprised 31 cartons of two-litre bottles, 202 cartons of one-litre bottles and 233 cartons of 500-ml bottles.
The four-member team was led by BIS Joint Director Tithi Singha. Further legal action against the establishment is being initiated under the applicable provisions of the Act.
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