Fast food not defined under Food Safety & Stds Act, 2006 & Regulations

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) under the Ministry of health and family welfare, has said that the term fast food is not defined under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.
The implementation and enforcement of the Act primarily rests with the governments of states and Union Territories (UT). Random samples of food items are being drawn by the state food safety officers (FSO) and sent to the laboratories recognised by FSSAI for analysis. Food additives like Emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickening agents, flavours, humectants, leavening agents, colours, presevatives, antifoaming agents, sequestering agents, buffering agents, etc.
In cases where the samples are found to be not conforming to the provisions of the FSS Act, 2006, and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder, recourse is taken to the provisions for penal action against the offenders under Chapter IX of the FSS Act.
FSSAI is operating food import clearance facilities at six locations – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi and Tuticorin. The imported food consignments referred to FSSAI for clearance by the customs authorities are subjected to inspection and sampling by authorised officers of FSSAI.
The samples so collected are subjected to testing at notified food laboratories as per the parameters laid down in the various FSS Regulations, 2011 for safety aspects. Based on the laboratory reports, No Objection Certificate (NOC) or Non Conformace Certificate (NCC) is issued for the consignments.
Food ingredients like Pastes, purees, sauces, spices, seasoning mixes, pastas, noodles, vegetable extract powders, batter mixes, edibles oils and fats, frozen vegetables, etc won’t come under FSS Act 2006 .