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Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (full text)
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The Haryana Public Service Commission recruits Food Safety Officers for the Food & Drugs Administration Department, Haryana. The Group-B role covers inspection of food businesses, sample collection and enforcement of food-safety law.
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The Haryana Public Service Commission recruits 45 Food Safety Officers (Group-B) for the Food & Drugs Administration Department, Haryana under Advertisement No. 25/2026. HPSC announced the scheme and syllabus on 14 October 2026: a Screening Test on 6 December 2026 (100 MCQs on general studies and Haryana GK, held if applicants are many), a descriptive Subject Knowledge Test on 31 January 2027 (150 marks, 87.5% weight) and an interview (12.5%).
HPSC Advertisement No. 25/2026, pages 4–5. Text below follows the notification verbatim, including its wording and spelling.
1. (a) Should possess a Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or Doctorate degree from a recognized university or institution in following disciplines: -
Disciplines to be covered under “Food Technology-
Or
Dairy Technology or Biotechnology or Oil Technology; or Disciplines deemed to be covered under “Agricultural Science-
Or
Veterinary Sciences or Bio-Chemistry or Microbiology or Chemistry or medicine from a recognized University,
Or
Bachelor of Medicines and Bachelor of Surgery or Bachelor of Dental Surgery or Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Ayurvedic medicine and Surgery or Bachelor of Sowa Rigpa Medicine and Surgery; or any other equivalent recognized qualification notified by the Food Authority with the prior approval of the Central Government;
(b) has successfully completed training as specified by the Food Authority in a recognized institute or Institution approved for the purpose; and
2. Hindi or Sanskrit as one of the subjects in Matric or Hindi as one of the subjects in Higher Education.
Note:- (1) Training mentioned at serial number 1(b) will given after appointment and the candidates who shall complete the training successfully shall be notified as Food Safety Officer.
(2) No person who has any financial interest in the manufacture, import or sale of any article of food shall be appointed as Food Safety Officer under Food Safety & Standard Rules, 2011, as amended from time to time.
Note:- The qualifications of each post are as per the relevant Service Rules. The candidates should ensure that they possess the qualifications mentioned in the advertisement. No claim of any candidate regarding equivalent qualifications would be considered unless it is specified in the relevant Service Rules.
View HPSC notification ↗Advertisement No. 25/2026 describes a possible three-stage recruitment process. HPSC may instead go directly to the Subject Knowledge Test and interview, without a Screening Test.
Exam websites publish conflicting figures for this same 2026 recruitment:
| Source | Reported format |
|---|---|
| Sarkari Job Khojo ↗ | 100-question, 120-minute objective Screening Test (80 subject, 20 general); one-quarter negative marking. It also reports a 150-mark, three-hour descriptive Subject Knowledge Test. |
| Career Briefs ↗ / JobMarg ↗ | 200 objective questions, 200 marks, 120 minutes. Career Briefs additionally claims no negative marking. |
Important: These are incompatible third-party claims, not an HPSC-issued scheme. Advertisement No. 25/2026 does not confirm either question count, marks, duration, marking rule or subject split. Use the stages above as the official position and wait for a separate HPSC pattern/syllabus notice before relying on any figures.
Question count, total marks, paper duration, negative marking, subject-wise weightage, detailed syllabus and the final decision on a Screening Test have not been announced in Advertisement No. 25/2026. HPSC says its decision on the examination pattern will be final.
About this site's mocks: Their 100-question, 200-mark, 120-minute format is a practice assumption. It is not the confirmed HPSC 2026 exam pattern.
HPSC has not published the marking scheme yet (Advt 25/2026 does not state one). This test uses +1 for a correct answer and −1/3 for a wrong one, the rule most state PSCs use. An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.
No cut-off exists for this exam yet: HPSC's only earlier FSO advertisement (24/2022) was withdrawn by the state government before any exam was held, so the 2026 cycle is the first. The row below is the most recent official state FSO cut-off from another state, shown only so you can see the level a state FSO selection has actually needed. It is not a cut-off for this exam.
| Year | Stage | UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | For reference only, not this exam: MPPSC Food Safety Officer 2025, final selection (out of 500) | 352.00 | 343.00 | 347.00 | 314.00 | 296.00 | Official, MPPSC selection list 22.06.2026 ↗ Official, MPPSC obtained-marks list 22.06.2026 ↗ |
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Sampling and laboratory procedure, needed for Food Analyst and FSO duties.
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Food-contact material rules and packaging requirements.
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The regulator's own videos on food safety rules, Eat Right campaigns.
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Daily recruitment notifications.
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