Lok Sabha Question No. 4644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Toys Seized for Lacking BIS Certification
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4644

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## TOYS SEIZED FOR LACKING BIS CERTIFICATION

## 4644.  SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI): SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL:

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- (a) whether the Government has taken serious note of large number of toys seized at malls, airports and other places in India for lacking quality mark of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether fake licenses are being used by the retail stores;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has taken steps to mitigate this issue, which is a health hazard for children; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  to  (d)  :      In  order  to  curb  the  sale  of  non-ISI  certified  Toys  and  to  ensure  implementation  of  Toys Quality Control Order, 2020, 114 Search and Seizure operations were carried out in which a total quantity of  41,489  toys  were  seized  during  the  year  2021-22  and  2022-2023  (upto  23-03-2023)  which  includes seizure of 4178 toys against two firms for misuse of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard mark.

(e)  &  (f)  :      Safety  of  Toys  is  under  compulsory  BIS  certification  from  1 st Jan.  2021  as  per  the  Toys (Quality  Control  )  Order,  2020  issued  by  the  Ministry  of  Commerce  and  Industry  (Department  for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade( DPIIT) under Section 16 of the BIS Act, 2016.  Accordingly, it has been compulsory for toys to conform to the corresponding Indian Standards for Safety of Toys and to bear BIS Standard Mark under a licence from BIS as per Scheme-I of Schedule -II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

As  per  this  Quality  Control  Order,  read  with  Section  17  of  the  BIS  Act,  2016,  no  person  shall manufacture, import, distribute, sell,  hire,  lease,  store  or  exhibit  for  sale  any  toys  without  the  ISI  mark. Under  the  BIS  Product  Certification  scheme  i.e.  Scheme-I  of  Schedule  -II  of  the  BIS  (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018, Licence is granted to manufacturing units to use the Standard Mark on the product  as  per  the  relevant  Indian  Standards.    Accordingly,  toy  manufacturing  units  including  foreign manufacturing units exporting toys to India are required to obtain BIS licence for safety of toys.

BIS  also  conducts  factory  and  market  surveillance  under  which  samples  of  ISI  marked  toys  are drawn from the factories and market and tested in labs according to the Indian Standard, to ensure that ISI marked toys available to consumer are safe and conforming to prescribed standards.

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