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Punjab Food Safety Officer 2026

Baba Farid University of Health Sciences conducts Punjab's Food Safety Officer recruitment for the state food and drug administration. The role involves inspection, sampling and enforcement of food-safety standards.

Previous papers
2
Full mocks
21
Sectionals
31

BFUHS conducts this recruitment examination for Food Safety Officer Group C posts in the Punjab Food and Drug Administration. The process includes a 100-mark MCQ examination and a separate qualifying Punjabi language test. The language-test score does not contribute to the final written score.

Conducted by
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot
BFUHS (opens on the official site)

Who can apply

A degree in Food Technology satisfies the prescribed educational qualification for Food Safety Officer posts in India. Rule 2.1.3 of the Food Safety and Standards Rules, 2011 defines this qualification at the national level.

  • Degree in Food Technology, Dairy Technology, Biotechnology, Oil Technology, Agricultural Science, Veterinary Science, Bio-Chemistry or Microbiology
  • or an M.Sc in Chemistry, or a degree in Medicine
  • Plus the training the Food Authority specifies, at a recognised institute
  • Age limits, fees and relaxations are set per notification — check the current one

A summary. Confirm the details in the current notice.

Source: FSS Rules 2011 (Rule 2.1.3) ↗. Checked 2026-08-15.

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

Marking scheme

+1 for a correct answer, −0.25 for a wrong answer. In the real paper a question left completely blank also loses 0.25 unless you mark option E; here a skipped question counts as option E. An unanswered question scores zero. Our mocks for this exam are scored the same way.

Source: BFUHS question-booklet instructions, 26.04.2026 ↗

PSSSB (Subordinate Services Selection Board, Punjab, not PPSC) Food Safety Officer, Advt. No. 01/2020, 25 posts; written exam 15.03.2020. The figures are the written-exam marks of the last candidate marked 'YES' (to be recommended) in each category in PSSSB's counselling result dated 25.06.2020. The document does not state the paper's maximum marks, so no scale is given.

Category-wise cut-off marks by year
Year Stage General EWS (Gen) SC (R&O) BC SC (M&B) ESM (Gen) Source
2020 Written exam marks of the last recommended candidate (maximum marks not stated in the document) 74.75 72.50 69.00 64.75 58.25 55.75 Official, PSSSB counselling result 25.06.2020 ↗

Compared across past papers. Not an official announcement.

Detected changes between consecutive papers
Change Compared papers Before After What changed
2026 Punjab FSO 2014 (as Food Safety Inspector) → Punjab FSO (BFUHS) 2026 — Part B 150 q 150 marks 150 min 6 sections 100 q 100 marks 150 min 1 section
Questions 150 → 100 Marks 150 → 100 Dropped Punjabi Language, English, General Knowledge / Current Affairs, Mental Ability / Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, Computer Awareness Added Part B

Free PDFs and recommended books for Punjab 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

Food microbiology

NCERT

Class 8 Science — Microorganisms: Friend and Foe

Food spoilage, preservation and pathogens at a very basic level.

Free PDF · ncert.nic.in

Food chemistry

FSSAI

Manual of Methods of Analysis of Foods — Oils and Fats

Official methods for acid, iodine and saponification values and related tests.

Free PDF · fssai.gov.in

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

Official and open resources

11 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.

Reading suggestion

Core food technology

4 resources

Core food technology

Textbook of Food Science and Technology (ICAR)

Indian food technology baseline for processing, preservation, chemistry.

Reading suggestion

Core food technology

Food Science by B. Srilakshmi

Useful for food chemistry, nutrition, preservation.

Reading suggestion

Microbiology

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

Strong reference for spoilage, pathogens, fermentation.

Reading suggestion

Food engineering

Food Process Engineering and Technology by Zeki Berk

Good engineering reference for heat transfer, dehydration, freezing.

Reading suggestion

Aptitude and general studies

2 resources

Aptitude

Quantitative Aptitude by R. S. Aggarwal

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

Reading suggestion

General studies

Lucent General Knowledge

Compact static GK reference for state FSO, FCI.

Reading suggestion

Free channels worth following for Punjab FSO.

YouTube channels

2 channels

Official

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

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

Watch on YouTube

Full topic list and section weightage Punjab FSO syllabus and exam pattern

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