Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) is set to organize JPSC Food Safety Officer (FSO) Competitive Examination 2023, this year for the recruitment at a total of 56 vacancies.
Lets discuss the JPSC FSO Exam Patterns and JPSC FSO Exam Syllabus in details through this post articles.
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JPSC Food Safety Officer Exam Pattern 2023
The Candidate will have to appear and to go though the following stages along with the given subjects/papers to ensure their selection as a Food Safety Officer(FSO).
JPSC Food Safety Officer (FSO) mainly will consists of following stages :-
Stage - I : Written Examination (200 Marks)
The candidates firstly will have to appear for written examination of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) based paper.
This examination will be conducted to assess the candidates’ knowledge and understanding of relevant subjects such as - Food safety & Standards Act, 2006, Food Safety & Standards Rules & Regulation, 2011.
The syllabus has been explained in detail given below.
Stage - II : Interview (30 Marks)
The selected candidate at Stage - I based on minimum cut-off marks prescribed by JPSC, will have to appear before the interview panel consisting the member of related field.
The interview will assess the candidates’ communication skills, personality traits, and suitability for the Food Safety Officer position.
Stage-III : After the interview
The candidates who qualify, will be required to undergo document verification. This process ensures the authenticity of the candidates’ educational qualifications, experience, and other relevant documents submitted during the application process.
Stage - IV : Medical Test
The selected candidates will be required to undergo a medical test to assess their medical fitness for the position of Food Safety Officer.
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JPSC FSO Exam Pattern 2023 | |||
| S. No | Subject | Marks | Time |
Paper- I | Food safety & Standards Act, 2006, Food Safety & Standards Rules & Regulation, 2011. | 100 | 2 hours |
| Paper- II | General Knowledge (Food and Nutrition) | 100 | 2 hours |
| Interview | 30 | ||
JPSC FSO Syllabus 2023
- Food safety & Standards Act, 2006, Food Safety & Standards Rules & Regulation, 2011) - Provision, definitions and different sections of the Act and its implementations.
- FSS Rules and Regulations.
- An overview of other relevant Jharkhand state levels and national level bodies such as APEDA, BIS EIC, MPEDA, Spice Board etc.
- Brief overview of International Food Controll Systems/laws. Regulations & Standard/Guidelines with regard to Food Safety.
- Important national and international Accreditation bodies.
( A General Understanding)
- Genesis and Evolution of FSSAI
- Structure and Functions of Food Authority
- Role of State Food Authorities
- Overview of systems and processes in Standards, Enforcement, Laboratory ecosystem, Imports, Third Party Audit.
- Promoting safe and wholesome Food (Eat Right India, Food Fortification, SNF, Clean street food hub, RUCO and various other social and behavioral change initiatives)
- Training and capacity building.
The Principles of Food Preservation, Processing and Packaging
- Food Processing Operations, Principles, Good Manufacturing Practices
- Overview of food preservation methods and their underlying principles including novel and emerging methods/principles
- Overview of food packaging methods and principles including novel packaging materials and techniques
- Structure and functions of micro and macro nutrients
- Role of macro and micro nutrients in human nutrition
- Overview of food additives with respect to their technological functions
- Overview of anti-nutritional factors and their removal from foods
- Overview of enzymes as food processing aids
- Overview of nutraceuticals and functions foods
- Overview of food contaminants and adulterants and their effects on human health
- Food allergens and allergenicity
- Importance of diet in alleviating health risks, specially non-communicable diseases
- General principles of food microbiology and overview of food borne pathogens
- Overview of sources of microorganisms in food chain (raw materials, water, air, equipment etc) and microbiological quality of foods
- Microbial food spoilage and food borne diseases
- General principles and techniques in microbiological examination of foods
- Overview of beneficial microorganisms and their role on food processing and human nutrition
- General principles of food safety management systems including traceability and recall - sanitation HACCP, Good production and processing practices (GMP, GAP, GHP, GLP, BAP, etc).
- Fundamentals of field level and laboratory sampling with reference to importance of statistical tools
- Overview of basic/classical methods of food analysis
- Overview of modern analytical techniques including mass spectrometry and molecular techniques
- Principles of Quality assurance and quality control with reference to food analysis and testing
Interview : 30 Marks
The interview most probably will be based on above mentioned syllabus and its regarding such as-
- Food safety & Standards Act, 2006, Food Safety & Standards Rules & Regulation, 2011)
- Important national and international Accreditation bodies.
- An overview of other relevant Jharkhand state levels and national level bodies
- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India- Date of establishment, mission and vision, and its role in food safety.
- Principles and Basics of Food Chemistry and their role in Human Nutrition
- General Concepts of Food Analysis and Testing, etc.
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