BIS Audit for Aluminium Cans for Beverages IS 14407 in Kuwait
An audit is an important stage in the process of obtaining BIS certification under the FMCS program. The BIS officer inspects the factory and the product that is to be certified. The BIS inspection should go easily and without any discovered non-conformities. BIS assesses numerous management system certification schemes in collaboration with external auditors.
We are delighted to tell you that the ERCS team has concluded another BIS audit for a client in Kuwait for their product "Aluminium Cans for Beverages" in accordance with IS 14407 under the FMCS scheme.
Consequently, the Bureau of Indian Standards has issued a BIS license for Aluminium Cans for Beverages following IS 14407 to our client in Kuwait.
What is BIS?
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a standard-setting institution in India that comes under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution of the Government of India. Major activities of BIS include product standardization, certification, and testing.
FMCS Scheme
The BIS Act of 2016 and the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations of 2018 established the FMCS scheme, which awards a BIS license to a product of a foreign manufacturing company. The license is granted for goods that fulfill applicable Indian standards.
Audited Products:
IS 14407 covers Aluminium Cans for Beverages. This standard set out the specifications, sampling technique, and testing procedures for Aluminium Cans for Beverages.
Raw material to be used for manufacturing this product -
- Can Body Stock - Chemical composition as per Table 1A of IS 14407 Temper as per Cl 5.2 of IS 14407 Mechanical as per Table 2A of IS 14407
- Can End Stock and Can Tab Stock - Chemical composition as per Table 1B of IS 14407 Temper as per Cl 5.2 of IS 14407 Mechanical as per Table 2B of IS 14407
Suggestions to Manufacturers:
For BIS certification of the product, the manufacturer should produce a standard quality product, making sure that their product fulfills the mentioned Indian Standard Specifications (ISS). BIS officials' interpretations by Indian Standards.
Before exporting their goods within India and utilizing the standard ISI mark, all producers are required to get a BIS license from the Bureau of Indian Standards.
ERCS Pvt. Ltd. has formed a vast industry network within the numerous BIS departments to assure product adherence to IS 14407.
BIS Auditing Process :
The BIS officer inspects the factory as part of the certification process. For better outcomes, the BIS inspection should be smooth and free of non-conformances. BIS investigates many management system certification systems in collaboration with other external auditors. Auditors are recruited depending on their educational background, working experience, training in audits, and proficiency.
In the auditing process, the auditors will cross-check the following information:
- Does the organization have a reliable system for recognizing and updating legal and regulatory requirements, such as:
i. Manufacturing process.
ii. List of machinery
iii. Testing equipment - Whether the organization has discovered and kept the relevant legislative and regulatory obligations up to date.
- Whether businesses are using these regulatory requirements as process inputs and monitoring process outputs for compliance, such as
i. Samples are tested at the factory by following the applicable Indian standards.
ii. Sealing the samples for independent testing at a BIS-approved laboratory.
- Whether the enterprise can comply with the regulatory and legislative obligations; such as:
i. Quality Personnel Competence
Role of ERCS:
Our team will make a pre-visit to your industrial facility to ensure that we make corrections where necessary, and all the possible chances of fallibility have been obliterated.
Please contact us at +91 9076611770 or info@elitasrcs.com, if you have any concerns about BIS certification, product testing, compliance, audits, or other relevant issues.
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