BIS Raids E-Commerce Warehouses To Combat Sale Of Unsafe Products; Details Inside

The ministry stated that these operations were carried out to combat the distribution of non-compliant products via e-commerce platforms

The BIS has issued notices to all the e-commerce platforms, instructing them to ensure that products requiring BIS certification are properly certified

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The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) conducted search and seizure operations at several warehouse locations of major e-commerce platforms, including Amazon and Flipkart, in cities such as Lucknow, Gurugram, and Delhi, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Thursday.

"Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) carried out search and seizure operations at multiple warehouse locations of leading e-commerce platforms, including Amazon and Flipkart, in cities like Lucknow, Gurugram and Delhi," it said.

The ministry stated that these operations were carried out to combat the distribution of non-compliant products via e-commerce platforms. "In a recent raid conducted on 7 March at an Amazon warehouse in Lucknow, BIS seized 215 toys and 24 hand blenders, all lacking mandatory BIS certification. Earlier, in February 2025, a similar operation at an Amazon warehouse in Gurugram resulted in the seizure of 58 aluminium foils, 34 metallic water bottles, 25 toys, 20 hand blenders, 7 PVC cables, 2 food mixers and 1 speaker – all found to be non-certified,” the ministry noted.

Raid At Flipkart Warehouse

"Similarly, in a raid at a Flipkart warehouse in Gurugram, operated by Instakart Services Pvt Ltd, BIS seized 534 stainless steel bottles (vacuum insulated), 134 toys and 41 speakers, that were not certified.  BIS’s investigations into multiple violations on both Amazon and Flipkart traced non-certified products back to Techvision International Pvt Ltd. Acting on this lead, BIS conducted raids at two different facilities of Techvision International in Delhi, uncovering approximately 7,000 electric water heaters, 4,000 electric food mixers, 95 electric room heaters, and 40 gas stoves, without BIS certification. Non-certified products seized include brands like Digismart, Activa, Inalsa, Cello Swift, Butterfly among others,” it added.

In this context, the BIS has issued notices to all the e-commerce platforms, instructing them to ensure that products requiring BIS certification are properly certified before being made available to consumers, the ministry further stated.