Bureau of Indian Standards Asks Soy Product Makers To Get Quality Certification, Use Indian Standards Institution (ISI) Mark

Why in news?

• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) organised a webinar on ‘Indian standards on soy products to create awareness about soy products.
• The use of soya bean is getting increased acceptance in the form of textured vegetable protein (popularly known as soy badi or soy nuggets), Soy milk, Tofu, soy dahi, etc.
• To maintain the quality and safety of these products, BIS has published seven Indian standards for soy products like fat soy flour, soy milk, soy nuts, soy butter etc.
• Certification will aid in integrating soy products into the Indian diet. It will also benefit the producer by commanding better prices.
• The ISI mark is a standards-compliance mark for industrial products in India since 1955.
• It certifies that a product conforms to an Indian standard (IS) developed by BIS.

About Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)

• BIS is the National Standard Body of India established under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• BIS Certification enables the certificate holder to offer third party guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the customers and is mainly required for import of items.
• While product certification is otherwise voluntary, there is, however, a list of items which for reasons of public health, safety or mass nature of consumption are mandatorily certified by BIS.
• It is headquartered in New Delhi and has 5 regional offices.