MADHYA PRADESH FSO EXAM INFORMATION

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MADHYA PRADESH FSO EXAM INFORMATION

MPPSC FOOD SAFETY OFFICER NOTIFICATION 2025 – APPLY NOW FOR 120 POSTS!

The Madhya Pradesh Public Health and Medical Education Department has officially released the MPPSC Food Safety Officer (FSO) Recruitment 2025 notification. With 120 vacancies announced, this is a big opportunity for candidates who dream of working in the field of food safety and public health.

Let’s take a closer look at all the important details including the vacancy breakdown, eligibility, selection process, salary, and how to apply.

MPPSC FSO 2025 – KEY HIGHLIGHTS

FeatureDetails
Recruitment BodyMP Public Health & Medical Education Dept. + MPPSC
Post NameFood Safety Officer (FSO)
Total Vacancies120
Application Start DateStart soon
Last Date to Applyupdated soon
Mode of ApplicationOnline
Official Websitemppsc.mp.gov.in
Selection ProcessExam + Interview

Important Dates to Remember

EventDate
Notification ReleaseNA
Online Application BeginsNA
Last Date to ApplyNA
Form Correction WindowNA
Exam Date14 December 2025 (Tentative)

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR MP FSO 2025

Educational Qualification

A Bachelor’s or Master’s or Doctorate degree in,

  • Food Technology or
  • Dairy Technology or
  • Biotechnology or
  • Oil Technology or
  • Agricultural Science or
  • Veterinary Sciences or
  • Bio-Chemistry or
  • Microbiology or
  • Chemistry or medicine from a recognized University.

Disciplines deemed to be covered under “Agricultural Science”

(i)    Agriculture
(ii)   Agriculture Engineering
(iii)  Biotechnology
(iv)  Dairy Technology
(v)   Fisheries
(vi)  Food Technology
(vii) Food Nutrition and Dietetic

(viii)Horticulture

Disciplines “Food Technology”

(i)    Food Engineering
(ii)   Food Engineering and Technology
(iii)  Food Processing and Preservation
(iv)  Food Processing Technology
(v)   Food Technology and Management
(vi)  Food Biotechnology
(vii) Food Plant Operations Management
(viii)Food Process Engineering and Management

(ix)  Food Processing
(x)   Food Safety and Quality Management
(xi)  Process and Food Engineering

Disciplines deemed to be covered under “Medicine”

  1. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
  2. Bachelor of Dental Surgery
  3. Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery
  4. Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery
  5. Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery
  6. Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery
  7. Bachelor of Sowa Rigpa Medicine and Surgery

Age Limit

  • Minimum Age: 21 Years
  • Maximum Age: 40 Years
    (Relaxations applicable as per MP government norms)

Application Fees

CategoryFee (INR)
General/UR₹560
SC/ST/OBC (MP Domicile)₹310
Candidates from Other States₹560

MP FSO VACANCY 2025 – CATEGORY-WISE

CategoryPosts
General (UR)28
SC16
ST28
OBC38
EWS10
Total120

SELECTION PROCESS

The recruitment will follow a two-stage process:

  1. Exam (OMR)
    • Subjects include: Food Science, General Knowledge
  2. Interview
    • For candidates who qualify the written exam
    • To assess personality, communication, and suitability for the role

MPPSC FOOD SAFETY OFFICER SALARY

Selected candidates will receive a salary as per the MP Government Pay Scale:

  • ₹ 36200 to ₹ 114800 + Grade Pay + DA + HRA and other allowances.
  • Additional benefits will be provided as per state government rules.

HOW TO APPLY ONLINE FOR MP FSO 2025

Follow these steps to submit your application:

  1. Visit mppsc.mp.gov.in or mponline.gov.in
  2. Click on “Apply Online” under the FSO Recruitment section.
  3. Register by filling your basic details.
  4. Log in with your credentials.
  5. Fill out the complete application form carefully.
  6. Upload scanned documents (photo, signature, etc.).
  7. Pay the application fee online.
  8. Submit the form and take a printout for future use.

Pro Tip: Double-check all details before submitting to avoid issues during corrections.

MPPSC FSO OFFICIAL SYLLABUS 2025

🔹 Section A – Madhya Pradesh General Knowledge (MP GK)

  • (Details were not specified in the document, but typically includes History, Geography, Culture, Economy, Polity, Schemes, and Current Affairs of Madhya Pradesh)

🔹 Section B – Food Science & Technology

This section is divided into 10 Units, as follows:

Unit I: Introduction to Basic Food Science

  • History of food & its preservation.
  • Traditional Food and their importance. Role of Food fortification. Aspects of eat right challenges in India. Tribal foods of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Food Constituents– Carbohydrate, Proteins, Fat, Vitamins, Minerals, Enzymes: Chemical structure, classification and functions.
  • Metabolic Pathway, Digestion and Absorption; Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Vitamins, Fibres and Minerals.
  • Properties of Food; Physical, Acid, Base & Buffer, Chemical, Colloids.

Unit II: Food Microbiology

  • General characteristics of micro-organism; Classification, Morphology, Physiology, Growth, Nutrition and Reproduction; Microbial growth.
  • Food Poisoning and Food Borne Disease, Food Toxins. Rapid methods in detection of micro-organisms.
  • Food Fermentation; Fermented Food Products and Beverages.
  • Food spoilage of specific food groups (Milk and Milk products, Meat, Poultry, Fish, Cereal, Pulses, Oil, Fruits, Vegetables, Canned Food Products).
  • Microbial techniques; Types of micro-organism, their morphology, culture and media preparation, SPC, TPC.

Unit III: Food and Nutrition

  • Food and Nutrition; its functions, classification and sources.
  • Balance diet, Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), Basal energy metabolism; (BV, NPU, BMR, PER, BMI) calculations.
  • Techniques for assessment of Human Nutritional status, causes and preventions of Malnutrition.
  • Programme of Nutrition and Health in India (MDMP, ICDS, National Food Security Mission).
  • Macro and micronutrients deficiency diseases and their prevention.

Unit IV: Food Preservation, Packaging & Storage

  • Food preservation, Principles and its methods. Thermal and Non-Thermal Food Preservation Technology.
  • Food Packaging, Concept of food packaging, Type of packaging, Packaging Laws and Regulations, Evaluation of food packaging materials, Packaged commodities rules.
  • Novel Technologies in Food packaging and recent development.
  • Food Storage; Storage structures, practices, environment and its interaction with stored product.

Unit V: Indian Farming System

  • Status of Agriculture in India, Types of traditional and modern farming systems. Components of Farming System, Farming-based Livelihood Systems-Crops and cropping systems.
  • Livestock; Dairy, Piggery, Goatry, Poultry, Duckery systems.
  • Horticultural Crops, Agro-forestry systems, Aquaculture, Duck/Poultry-cum-Fish, Dairy-cum-Fish, Piggery-cum-Fish. Small, medium and large enterprises including value chains and secondary enterprises as livelihood components for farmers.
  • Commercial farming-based livelihood model by NABARD, ICAR (State Agricultural Universities and KVKs).
  • Schemes and Program by Central and State Government, Public and Private Organization involved in promotion of farming-based livelihood opportunities.

Unit VI: Food Safety, Quality Control, Hygiene & Standards

  • Food Safety; Definition, Scope, Importance, Standard, and Factors affecting.
  • Hazards and Risks; Types of hazards Physical, Chemical, Biological hazards. Management of hazards.
  • Hygiene and Sanitation in Food Service Establishments; Introduction, Sources of contamination and their control. Waste Disposal. Pest and Rodent Control, Personnel Hygiene.
  • Basic concepts of Food Safety Management, PRPs, GHPs, GMPS, SSOPS.
  • HACCP, ISO Series, TQM.
  • FSMS 22000, ISO 22000:2005, Global Food Safety Management systems.

Unit VII: Integrated Agriculture Production Technology

  • Salient feature of Agriculture and livestock of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Crops production; Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Millets; Horticulture Crop Production; Vegetable, Fruits, Flowers.
  • Spices; Turmeric, Ginger, Coriander, Cumin, Fenugreek, Carom and Fennel.
  • Animal Husbandry; Livestock Production, Goatry, Poultry, Duckery, Fisheries, Aquaculture, Apiculture, Agro forestry Systems, Concept of Sustainability.
  • Post Harvest Management, Energy Management, Water Harvesting & Management, Soil Health, Crop Management, Pest Management.

Unit VIII: Animal Product Processing

  • Composition of Meat, Types of Meat, Slaughtering, Tenderization and Curing.
  • Fish and Poultry processing.
  • Physical, Chemical, Nutritional and Functional characteristics of Egg-Processing of Egg and Egg products.
  • Composition and properties of Milk and their different processed products (Concentrated and dried, Fermented, Cream, Ice Cream, Butter, Cheese).
  • Milk adulterants and its detection.

Unit IX: Food Processing Technology

  • Use of non-thermal technologies (Micro Filtration, High Pressure processing, Ultra Filtration, Reverse Osmosis), Ultra-high voltage electric fields, Cold Plasma.
  • Nutraceuticals and functional foods, Junk foods.
  • Method of food preservation; Thermal Processing, Pasteurization. Concentration, Canning, Dehydration, Freezing, Fermentation, Irradiation and Food additives.
  • Aseptic preservation, Hurdle Technology, Hydrostatic Pressure Technology, Microwave Processing.
  • Innovative Thermal Technologies (Ohmic heating, Dielectric heating, Infrared and Induction heating) in food processing.

Unit X: Food Laws, Regulation & Certification

  • National and International Food Laws and Standards, Food Regulatory Regime, FSSAI, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Global Scenario CAC.
  • Food Safety and Standards Act FSSAI Rules-2006, Food Adulteration, Misbranding, Common Adulterants in Foods, Duties and Responsibilities of Food Safety Authorities.
  • Certification: Procedure, Auditing, Certifying and Accrediting Bodies. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), AGMARK, Weights and Measures Act, Principle, Implementation, Documentation, Types of records.
  • Organic Food and Genetically Modified Food.
  • Food institutes; CFTRI, NIFTEM, ICAR, ICMR, DFRL.

Why This Recruitment Is Special?

This is the first time since 2008 that MPPSC is recruiting for the Food Safety Officer post, making it a rare and valuable opportunity for aspiring candidates. Don’t wait until the last minute—apply now and secure your future in the field of food safety and public health.

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