Food Safety & Regulation

Bureau of Indian Standards BIS

India's national standards body. It writes official quality standards for many products and awards the ISI mark to those that meet them.

Real-life application

BIS decides the exact technical standard a pressure cooker or packaged water bottle must meet before it can carry the ISI mark.

Related terms

A quality certification mark from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), showing that a product meets an official Indian standard.

A quality certification mark used in India for agricultural products such as ghee, spices, honey, and pulses, run by the government.

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