Alerting consumers against buying household goods like electric immersion water heaters, sewing machines, cooking gas cylinders, helmets and pressure cookers without valid ISI mark, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has seized 1032 pressure cookers and 936 helmets for violation of quality control orders.
The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has also issued 15 notices against e-commerce entities and sellers selling non-standard pressure cookers online.
The CCPA has issued safety notices against selling household goods in violation to compulsory standards as notified by the central government.
Under the Consumer Protection Act 2019, goods which violate compulsory standards are liable to be held ‘defective’.
The safety notices have been widely circulated among all states and UTs, industry associations, legal service authorities, consumer associations and law chairs.
CCPA has decided to take up cases involving sale or offering for sale goods which violate compulsory standards as a matter of preventing unfair trade practice and to protect, promote and enforce the rights of consumers as a class.
Nidhi Khare, Chief Commissioner, CCPA has also taken suo-motu action against e-commerce entities and sellers who were found to be selling pressure cookers in violation to compulsory standards online. As many as 15 notices have already been issued with respect to such violations. The cases have also been forwarded to BIS for taking necessary action under the BIS Act, 2016.
Further, Section 17 of the BIS Act, 2016 prohibits any person to manufacture, import, distribute, sell, hire, lease, store or exhibit for sale any such goods or article in violation to the direction of compulsory use of Standard Mark published by the Central Government.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Saturday that if any consumer finds any person selling or manufacturing such goods in violation to BIS standards, a complaint may be sent to BIS using the BIS Care mobile or the Consumer Engagement Portal.
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