CCPA issues notice to Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal for selling toys without BIS quality mark
- ByStartupStory | January 13, 2023
The Centre has seized 18,600 toys from retail stores across the country, including Hamleys and Archies, for lack of the BIS quality mark, PTI reported.
Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to three major e-commerce players, Amazon, Flipkart, and Snapdeal, for alleged violations of a toy quality control order, according to the agency.
“We received complaints from domestic manufacturers of the sale of toys that do not conform with the BIS standard. We conducted 44 raids in the last one month and seized 18,600 toys from major retail stores,” BIS Director General Pramod Kumar Tiwari said in a press conference.
As per sources, raids were conducted at retail stores, including those of Hamleys, Archies, WH Smith, Kids Zone and Cococart located at major airports and malls across the country, he said.
A legal action will be taken against retailers as per the provisions under the BIS Act, Tiwari said.
Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) chief Nidhi Khare said, “We have also issued notices to Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal for selling toys without BIS quality mark.”
In 2020, Ministry of Commerce and Industry had passed the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020, which was enacted from 1 January, 2021.
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national standard body in charge of product standardisation, marking, and quality certification.
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