The Ministry of Textiles has prepared a draft notification for mandating use of four Fire Retardant (FR) textiles standards where safety and health of public is involved under Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act, 1986, and has invited public opinion on the same.
The Central Government after consulting the BIS has named the Order as ‘Fire Retardant Textile Materials (Quality Control) Order, 2013’, which shall come into force in February 2014, according to the Ministry of Textiles.
The Order states that no person shall himself or by any person on his behalf, manufacture or store for sale, sell or distribute textile material, which does not conform to the Specified Standard and which do not bear the Standard Mark. However, in some cases the Central Government may permit any person to manufacture or store for sale, or sell or distribute textile material without Standard Mark for a period of not exceeding 150 days.
