Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC Exam Date 2025: Check Vacancies, Syllabus and Qualification

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Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC Exam Date 2025

Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC Notification

Food Safety Officer Previous Questions

Overview

Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC exam date is announced. Candidates who have applied for the exam shall check out the official timeline of the PSC exam in Kerala PSC website. Go through the important timeline and crucial check points in the upcoming Food Safety Officer recruitment. All candidates are advised to check their PSC profile and PSC official website.

Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC Exam Date 2025

The Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC exam date is 18 January, 2025. The applicants are advised to submit confirmation through PSC profile and ensure your participation in the recruitment to Food Safety Department. Though the vacancies are not enumerated and reported yet the rank list will be alive and considered for the recruitment to the post for next 3 years since its commencement.

Important Dates

Food Safety Officer PSC Important Dates 2025
Food Safety Officer PSC Exam Date	January 18, 2025
Food Safety Officer PSC Confirmation Date	23/10/2024 to 11/11/2024
Food Safety Officer PSC Admission Ticket Available from	January 4, 2024
Food Safety Officer PSC Shortlist	Yet to release
Food Safety Officer PSC Rank list	Yet to release

Exam Pattern

Kerala PSC Food Safety Officer exam will be conducted on the basis of well-structured syllabus. the 100 marks exam is conducted for 1 hour 30 minutes. For each right answer one mark is added and for wrong answer 0.33 marks is deducted. Candidates shall expect questions from Food Technology, Dairy Technology, Veterinary Sciences, Nutritional Biochemistry & Food Analysis and Microbiological, Biotechnological & Medical aspects. The exam will objective based. Candidates will have to choose the right option from the choice of four. Exam will be conducted either online or pen and paper mode in OMR.

Detailed Syllabus

Food Safety Officer Kerala PSC Notification

Kerala PSC released Food Safety Officer Notification in March 2024. Eligible candidates, registered in the website Thulasi PSC got an application window spanning one month. Go through the important details of the PSC recruitment before appearing for the examination.

Important Details

Food Safety Officer Recruitment Important Details
Food Safety Officer Recruitment Department	Food Safety
Food Safety Officer Category number	006/2024
Food Safety Officer Pay scale	₹ 39300-83000
Food Safety Officer Vacancy	Anticipatory Vacancy
Age Limit	18-36

Qualification

The major qualifications as decided by the PSC for the post of Food Safety Officer are

A Degree in Food Technology or Dairy Technology or Biotechnology or Oil Technology or Agricultural Science or Veterinary Sciences or Biochemistry or Microbiology or Masters Degree in Chemistry or Degree in Medicine from a University recognised by any of the Universities in Kerala, or its equivalent qualifications.

Sl. #	Qualification (as per Special Rule)	Equivalent/Higher Qualifications accepted in the previous selections of this Post
1	BSc (Food Technology)	1	BSc (Food Science and Quality Control)
		2	BTech (Food Technology)
		3	BTech (Food Engineering)
		4	MSc (Food Science and Technology)
		5	MSc (Food Technology and Quality Assurance)
2	BSc (Dairy Technology)	1	BTech (Dairy Science and Technology)
		2	BTech (Dairy Technology)
3	BSc (Biotechnology)	1	BSc (Botany and Biotechnology (double main))
		2	BSc (Botany and Biotechnology (Career Related))
		3	BTech (Biotechnology)
		4	BE (Biotechnology)
		5	Bachelor of Science in Applied Sciences (Botany and Biotechnology (double main))
		6	MSc (Biotechnology)
		7	MTech (Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering)
		8	Bsc. - Msc. Integrated (Biotechnology)
4	BSc (Agricultural Science)	1	BSc (Horticulture)
		2	BSc (Agriculture )
		3	BSc Honours (Agriculture )
		4	MSc (Agriculture )
5	BSc (Biochemistry)	1	BSc (Industrial Microbiology)
		2	MSc (Biochemistry)
		3	MSc (Medical Bio-Chemistry)
		4	MFSc (Aquaculture)
6	MSc (Chemistry)	1	MSc (Analytical Chemistry)
7	BSMS (null)	1	Bsc. - Msc. Integrated (Biological Sciences)
		2	BSMS Bachelor of Science Master of Science (Biological Sciences)

Food Safety Officer Previous Questions

1. In which of the following ways does absorption of gamma radiation takes place?
   1. Photoelectric effect
   2. Compton effect
   3. Pair production
   4. All the above
2. What is the major defect that occurs in UHT milk during storage?
   1. Darkening of colour
   2. Age gelation
   3. Cooked flavour
   4. Absence of beneficial bacteria
3. ‘Consumer’ under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 is the.
   1. Person who consumes food
   2. person and family who consume food
   3. person who purchases and receives the food
   4. person and families who purchases and receives food
4. The Food Safety Appellate Tribunal shall consist of:
   1. 5 members
   2. 3 members
   3. 1 member
   4. Any of the above
5. Which of the following is not an antioxidant?
   1. Vitamin C
   2. Vitamin E
   3. Carotenes
   4. Vitamin B₆
6. The immersion oil used in microscopy will:
   1. Decrease the numerical aperture
   2. Increase the refractive index
   3. Decrease the refractive index
   4. None of the above
7. A chemical safety sprayed on bags of stored grains in godowns:
   1. Carbosulfan
   2. Malathion
   3. Dimethoate
   4. Quinalphos
8. The method of preservation of egg using sodium silicate.
   1. Thermal processing
   2. Water glass method
   3. Lime sealing
   4. Oil coating
9. An example for triose is:
   1. Glucose
   2. Ribulose
   3. Xylulose
   4. Glyceraldehyde
10. Cold Sterilization means preservation of food by:
    1. Sterilizing at -179­­^o
    2. Radiation
    3. Sterilizing at 0^o C
    4. Lyophilization

Answer Key
Q. No.	Ans.
1	d
2	b
3	d
4	c
5	d
6	b
7	b
8	b
9	d
10	b