BIS Audit For Alumunium Cans For Beverages As Per IS 14407 In Sri Lanka

•  09 Feb, 2024
•  BIS Audits

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 our client in Sri Lanka 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.

What is BIS?

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is an organization situated in India that deals with standards, and under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & 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 :

BIS Certification for IS 14407 covers Aluminium Cans for Beverages. This standard set out the specifications, sampling technique, and testing BIS certification process 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. To get good results, the BIS inspection should be simple and without any non-conformities.

BIS examines a number of management system certification systems in partnership with external auditors. Auditors are recruited depending on their educational background, working experience, training in audit, and proficiency.

In this process, the auditors cross-examine the following information with other technicalities : 

1. 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 

1. Whether the organization has discovered and kept the relevant legislative and regulatory obligations up to date.
2. Whether businesses are using these regulatory requirements as process inputs and monitoring process outputs for compliance, such as

i. Samples are tested at the plant according to the applicable Indian standards.

ii. Sealing of the samples for independent testing at a BIS-recognized laboratory.

1. 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. We will discuss the whole process of BIS inspection, including what has to be prepared and readily available during the inspection.

Please contact us at +91 9076611770 or info@elitasrcs.com if you have any questions about BIS certification, product testing, compliance, audits, and related queries.