BIS
BIS certification for packaged drinking water
The ISI mark is mandatory for packaged drinking water (IS 14543) and natural mineral water (IS 13428). We take your plant through the Bureau of Indian Standards product certification.
Who needs it
Every unit selling packaged drinking water or natural mineral water. Without a BIS licence, the product cannot legally carry the ISI mark or be sold.
What we do
- Check plant and in-house laboratory readiness against the standard
- Prepare the application and quality control documents
- File online with BIS
- Coordinate the factory inspection and sample drawing
- Follow up on test results and queries
- Support surveillance visits and renewal
Documents usually needed
- Business registration and ownership proof
- Factory layout and process flow chart
- List of manufacturing machinery
- In-house laboratory test equipment list
- Qualified chemist and microbiologist details
- Quality control and testing plan
- Calibration records of instruments
- Other licences, as applicable
How it works
- Readiness checkWe review the plant and laboratory against IS 14543.
- ApplicationWe prepare and file the application with BIS.
- InspectionBIS inspects the factory and draws samples.
- TestingSamples are tested at a BIS-recognised laboratory.
- Licence grantedYou start using the ISI mark, and we track surveillance and renewal.
Requirements differ by state, plant category and capacity, and departments revise them from time to time. We confirm the current requirements for your plant before filing.