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Madhya Pradesh Food Safety Officer 2026

Madhya Pradesh recruits Food Safety Officers to inspect food businesses, collect samples and help enforce food-safety standards across the state. Its recruitment examination includes General Studies and Food Science & Technology.

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General Studies of Madhya PradeshSection A196 pages Preservation and Packaging, Farming Systems, Food Safety and QualitySection B · Units IV–VI253 pages Integrated Agricultural Production, Animal Product ProcessingSection B · Units VII–VIII215 pages Food Processing Technology, Food Laws and CertificationSection B · Units IX–X223 pages

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This examination recruits Food Safety Officers for the Madhya Pradesh food-safety administration. It assesses General Studies and Food Science and Technology.

Conducted by
Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission
MPPSC (opens on the official site)

MPPSC विज्ञापन क्रमांक 57/2024 (31.12.2024). Text below follows the advertisement verbatim, including its wording and spelling.

अनिवार्य शैक्षणिक अर्हता (Essential Educational Qualification)

"किसी मान्यता प्राप्त विश्वविद्यालय से खाद्य प्रौद्योगिकी या डेयरी या जैव प्रौद्योगिकी या तेल प्रौद्योगिकी या कृषि विज्ञान या पशु चिकित्सा विज्ञान या जैव-रसायन विज्ञान या सूक्ष्म विज्ञान या रसायन विज्ञान या मेडिसिन में स्नातक या स्नातकोत्तर या डाक्टरेट उपाधि या केन्द्रीय सरकार के पूर्व अनुमोदन से खाद्य प्राधिकरण द्वारा अधिसूचित कोई अन्य समतुल्य/मान्यता प्राप्त अर्हता।"

आयु सीमा (Age Limit)

"(H) आयु सीमा : 21 वर्ष पूर्ण कर ली हो किन्तु 40 वर्ष की आयु पूर्ण न की हो"
"(I) आयु संगणना तिथि : 01.01.2025 (आयु सीमा में दी गयी अन्य छूटों के लिए परिशिष्ट -1 देखें)"

Age relaxations by category: see Annexure-1 of the advertisement.

अन्य अनर्हता (Other disqualifying conditions)

"कोई भी उम्मीदवार जिसे महिलाओं के विरुद्ध किसी अपराध का सिद्ध-दोष ठहराया गया हो, किसी भी सेवा या पद पर नियुक्ति के लिए पात्र नहीं होगा।"

"कोई भी उम्मीदवार जिसकी दो से अधिक जीवित संतान हैं, जिनमें से एक का जन्म 26 जनवरी 2001 को या उसके पश्चात हो, किसी सेवा या पद पर नियुक्ति के लिए पात्र नहीं होगा।"

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Based on past papers, not an official scheme. Confirm in the current notice.

Every section is compulsory, with no choice between them, and the paper is timed at 180 minutes.

Sections, questions and marks
Section Questions Marks Status
General Studies 50 150 Compulsory
Food Science & Technology 100 300 Compulsory
Paper total — 450

General Studies (50 questions) and Food Science & Technology (100 questions) are both compulsory — there is no optional section to choose. Scored like the real exam: 450 marks at 3 marks a question.

Marking scheme

+3 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong answer (as reported; MPPSC's advertisement does not print the scheme). An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.

Source: Reported, Careers360 ↗

MPPSC Food Safety Officer Exam 2025 (Advt. No. 04/2025 dated 23.06.2025; written CBT 14.12.2025, interviews 15-24.04.2026, final result 22.06.2026). MPPSC did not publish a separate cut-off table: the figures are the total marks (written /450 + interview /50 = /500) of the last candidate selected on each category's open (non-women, non-PwD, non-ex-servicemen) seat in the 87% main list, read from MPPSC's own selection list and obtained-marks list. The 13% provisional part is still pending the OBC-reservation court case.

Category-wise cut-off marks by year
Year Stage UR OBC EWS SC ST Source
2026 Final selection, last selected on open seat, main list 87% (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 ↗

Free PDFs and recommended books for MP FSO. How we choose

Free PDFs

12 free PDFs

Processing & preservation

FSSAI

Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Cereal and Cereal Products (2022)

Official analytical methods for cereals and flours.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

NCERT

Class 12 Human Ecology & Family Sciences — Food Processing and Technology

A plain-language overview of preservation and processing.

Free PDF · ncert.nic.in

Agriculture

Food safety & law

FSSAI

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (full text)

The core food law behind every CFSO, TO and Food Analyst law paper.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

FSSAI

Manual for Food Safety Officers — A Ready Reckoner

FSSAI's own handbook of a Food Safety Officer's hygiene and enforcement duties.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

FSSAI

Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Spices and Condiments

Official methods for spice quality and adulterant detection.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

FSSAI

Compendium — Food Additives Regulations (December 2022)

Consolidated legal limits for additives by food category.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

Nutrition

Official and open resources

10 resources

Open reference

FAO/WHO Codex Food Hygiene Basic Texts (4th ed., 2009)

Contains the Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene with the HACCP annex.

Free PDF · fao.org

Exam-specific preparation

1 resource

MCQ practice

Objective Food Science and Safety Standards

Objective-style practice for food safety, standards.

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Core food science

4 resources

Core food technology

Textbook of Food Science and Technology (ICAR)

Indian food-science baseline for processing, preservation, chemistry.

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Core food science

Food Science by B. Srilakshmi

Useful for food chemistry, nutrition, preservation.

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Microbiology

Food Microbiology by M. R. Adams and M. O. Moss

Strong reference for spoilage, pathogens, fermentation.

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Food engineering

Food Process Engineering and Technology by Zeki Berk

Good engineering reference for heat transfer, dehydration, freezing.

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Aptitude and general studies

2 resources

Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Aggarwal

Useful for arithmetic, reasoning-adjacent quantitative practice in recruitment papers.

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General studies

Lucent General Knowledge

Compact static GK reference for state FSO, FCI.

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Free channels worth following for MP FSO.

YouTube channels

6 channels

Official

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

The regulator's own videos on food safety rules, Eat Right campaigns.

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Educator

Food Tech 360

Topic-wise food-tech MCQs and concept videos, with playlists for GATE XL/XE.

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Educator

Food Tech Online

Previous-year-question videos for ICAR-PG food science, GATE food technology.

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Coaching (free lectures)

Adda247 Food Science

Free FSSAI CFSO classes on food chemistry, analysis.

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Coaching (free lectures)

Swa Education

Broad free FSO coverage — unit-wise MP FSO classes, Rajasthan, Haryana.

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Telegram channels

2 channels

Educator

Food Tech 360

Exam notifications, official syllabi, admit-card and date updates.

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