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The Bihar Technical Service Commission handles Food Safety Officer recruitment for the state. Food Safety Officers inspect food businesses, collect samples and support enforcement of food-safety law.
The Bihar Technical Service Commission conducts this Food Safety Officer recruitment examination. The bilingual OMR or computer-based paper carries 200 marks and covers food preservation, processing, packaging, microbiology, food hygiene, general knowledge and computer awareness.
See Essential qualifications for the applicable requirements and their source.
Refer to the current official notification for the complete syllabus and eligibility requirements, which may change between examination cycles.
BTSC विज्ञापन सं॰ 24/2026 (हस्ताक्षरित 09.05.2026) — खाद्य विश्लेषक (Food Analyst) पद। Text below follows the advertisement verbatim, including its wording and spelling. Bihar recruits this post as "Food Analyst", not "Food Safety Officer".
"शैक्षणिक अर्हताः— विधि द्वारा भारत में स्थापित किसी विश्वविद्यालय से रसायन विज्ञान या सूक्ष्मजीव विज्ञान या डेयरी रसायन विज्ञान या कृषि विज्ञान या पशु विज्ञान या मत्स्य विज्ञान या जैव प्रौद्योगिकी या खाद्य सुरक्षा या खाद्य प्रौद्योगिकी, खाद्य और पोषण या डेयरी प्रौद्योगिकी या तेल प्रौद्योगिकी या पशु विज्ञान में स्नातक या मास्टर या डाक्टरेट डिग्री रखता हो या ऐसे प्रयोजनों के लिए केंद्रीय सरकार द्वारा मान्यता प्राप्त और अधिसूचित कोई अन्य समतुल्य अर्हता रखता हो तथा जिसे खाद्य विश्लेषण में कम से कम तीन वर्ष का अनुभव हो।"
"खाद्य विश्लेषक के पद पर नियुक्ति हेतु भारतीय खाद्य संरक्षा एवं मानक प्राधिकरण, नई दिल्ली द्वारा आयोजित खाद्य विश्लेषक के परीक्षा में उत्तीर्ण हो।"
"2. आयु सीमाः—
(i) 01.08.2026 को न्यूनतम आयु :—21 वर्ष।
अधिकतम उम्र सीमाः—
(a) अनारक्षितः—37वर्ष
(b) अनारक्षित महिलाः—40 वर्ष
(c) पिछड़ा वर्ग / अत्यन्त पिछड़ा वर्ग (पुरूष/महिला):—40 वर्ष
(d) अनुसूचित जाति / अनुसूचित जनजाति (पुरूष/महिला):—42 वर्ष
आयोग द्वारा Matriculation या समतुल्य प्रमाण—पत्र में अंकित उम्मीदवार की जन्मतिथि मान्य की जायेगी।"
"सामान्य प्रशासन विभाग के संकल्प सं॰—962, दिनांक—22.01.2021 के आलोक में दिव्यांगों को अधिकतम उम्र सीमा में 10 वर्षों की छूट अनुमान्य है।"
"आरक्षण का लाभ उन्हीं उम्मीदवारों को मिलेगा, जिनका स्थायी निवास बिहार राज्य में है अर्थात् जो बिहार के मूलवासी हैं। बिहार राज्य के बाहर के निवासी अभ्यर्थी को आरक्षण का लाभ देय नहीं होगा।"
This residency clause applies only to reservation eligibility — the notice separately states basic candidature only requires Indian citizenship, with no domicile bar on applying itself.
View BTSC advertisement ↗Source status: The section figures below describe the papers available on this site unless an official scheme is expressly identified. A past paper or mock is not proof of the next recruitment’s pattern. Check the examining body’s current notice before relying on question counts, duration or marking.
Available previous-year papers are presented with their recorded question, mark and duration totals.
| Paper | Questions | Marks | Minutes | Sections | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar FSO Mock Test 1 | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test B | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test C | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test D | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test E | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test F | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test G | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test H | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test I | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
| Bihar FSO Mock Test J | 100 | 200 | 120 | 5 | Open → |
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Official law
Essential for FSSAI, FSO and Food Analyst questions on law, licensing, standards and labelling.
Open sourceOfficial methods
Best open source for food-analysis methods, parameters and commodity-wise testing.
Open sourceMCQ practice
Objective-style practice for food safety, standards and food-technology recruitment exams.
Open sourceCore food technology
Indian food-science baseline for processing, preservation, chemistry and technology.
Open sourceCore food science
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Open sourceMicrobiology
Strong reference for spoilage, pathogens, fermentation and preservation microbiology.
Open sourceFood engineering
Good engineering reference for heat transfer, dehydration, freezing and process calculations.
Open sourceAptitude
Useful for arithmetic, reasoning-adjacent quantitative practice in recruitment papers.
Open sourceGeneral studies
Compact static GK reference for state FSO, FCI and mixed general-studies sections.
Open sourceFull topic list and section weightage: Bihar FSO syllabus and exam pattern.
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