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Officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Madurai branch, carried out searches at M/s Holi Drop Packaged Drinking Water Company, Patteeswaram-Udaiyalur Main Road, on Wednesday and uncovered a large-scale operation of manufacture and distribution of packaged water with fake BIS certification.
The firm was found selling water bottles under various brand names including Bryn Aqua, Active Aqua, and Winway.
Officials also seized around 3.8 lakh labels printed with fake ISI logos.
BIS officials said that legal action is being initiated under Section 17, read with Section 29 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016. The act provides for stringent penalties, including imprisonment for up to two years and a fine of not less than 2 lakh for the first offence and 5 lakh or ten times the value of the goods involved for further offences. Further investigations are underway.
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