India, March 20 -- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) said on Thursday that it found multiple items which lacked the necessary certification during raids in various warehouses of e-commerce platforms Amazon and Flipkart.

"In a recent raid conducted on 7 March at an Amazon warehouse in Lucknow, BIS seized 215 toys and 24 hand blenders, all lacking mandatory BIS certification," news agency ANI quoted the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution as having said in a statement.

This comes after a similar operation in February 2025 at an Amazon warehouse in Gurugram resulted in the seizure of 58 aluminium foils, 34 metallic water bottles, 25 toys, 20 hand blenders, 7 PVC cables, 2 food mixers and 1 speaker, which were all no...