FSSAI exam 2025 Highlights
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare often invites applications on Direct Recruitment basis from eligible candidates looking for exciting career opportunities in the Food Regulatory System. The FSSAI Recruitment takes place for various posts in different streams. Previously, it was in September of 2021 that a total of 162 vacancies were announced for the post of Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO). Hence, after a long gap, the FSSAI exam 2025 is eagerly anticipated. Meanwhile let’s look more closely at the exam details from the last notification. Please refer to the table below for the main highlights of the FSSAI exam.
FSSAI Exam Highlights 2025
| Conducting Authority | Ministry of Health & Family Welfare |
|---|---|
| Official Website | https://fssai.gov.in/ |
| Posts Name | Technical & Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO) |
| Mode of application | Online |
| Stages of Exam | Two Stages-
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| No. of Questions & Maximum marks |
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| Online registration including Edit/ Modification of Application | To be notified later |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | To be notified later |
| Cut off date for Eligibility and Qualification Criteria | To be notified later |
| Assistant Manager (Social Work/Psychology/ Labour and Social Welfare/ Library Science) Exam Date | To be notified later |
| Assistant Manager (Journalism or Mass Communication or Public Relation) Exam Date | |
| Assistant Manager (IT) Exam Date | |
| IT Assistant Exam Date | To be notified later |
| Hindi Translator Exam Date | |
| Personal Assistant Exam Date | |
| Junior Assistant Grade-I Exam Date | To be notified later |
| Food Analyst Exam Date | |
| Central Food Safety Officer Exam Date | |
| Technical Officer Exam Date | To be notified later |
| Assistant Exam Date | |
| Check your Computer Based Test (Stage-1) Result | To be notified later |
| FSSAI Phase 2 Exam Date | To be notified later |
| FSSAI Phase 2 Exam Result | To be notified later |
| Number of Vacancies (Technical & Central Food Safety Officer) | To be notified later |
FSSAI exam 2025 Notification
FSSAI Official Notification 2025 is yet to be released by FSSAI, but the last notification was announced some time back, for two posts - Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO). Eligible candidates will be required to apply only ONLINE through the website. Please note that no other mode shall be available. The FSSAI application process for last notification commenced as per the deadline that had been stated in the notification released back then. For the post of Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO), a total of 162 FSSAI vacancies were filled through the last recruitment cycle. New application dates will be made available with the expected announcement of FSSAI recruitment cycle 2025. The exam dates of CBT Stage-1 and Stage -2 will also be announced by FSSAI.
FSSAI exam 2025 Exam Pattern and Syllabus
If we go by the previous notification, we can see that FSSAI Exam Pattern 2025 for the post of Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO) will be held in two stages. No interview is expected for both the posts. The weightage assigned for Stage 1 and 2 is 50% each. The final merit list will be prepared by taking into account the scores of both the stages. For Stage 2, candidates in the ratio of 1:20 will be shortlisted. Any changes or updates will be known only after the release of FSSAI exam notification 2024. Please refer to our FSSAI exam pattern page for more insight on the exam pattern, marking scheme, exam language and other details.
FSSAI exam Syllabus 2025
FSSAI clearly mentions the syllabus of CBT (Stage-1) and CBT (Stage-2) for Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO) in the official notification. Understanding the FSSAI Syllabus is very important for a good study plan and complete preparation. Get hands on good books recommended for FSSAI exam content, as this step significantly streamlines your study process, ensuring comprehensive coverage of topics. Having essential resources of good quality optimizes your chances of success in the examination.
FSSAI 2025 Exam Dates
FSSAI is expected to invite applications from dynamic and eligible candidates for various posts like Technical Officer or Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO) in 2025. Interested candidates can apply for it through online mode only. You are not required to forward hard copies of your online applications to FSSAI. The application window and the FSSAI recruitment exam dates will be disclosed in the official notification.
FSSAI Salary 2025
FSSAI is a highly regulated organization created for laying down science-based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption. To work in such an organization is a dream come true for aspirants. FSSAI not only offers handsome salaries and also bestows them with various allowances. The FSSAI salary structure is post- specific. Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer (CFSO) salary are of Level-07. Along with this, selected candidates will also be eligible for other benefits such as Dearness Allowance, House Rent Allowance, Children Education Allowance and LTC, as applicable for Central Government employees. Please note that, this is an all India job, therefore, you may be posted and transferred anywhere in India. Check out further FSSAI Salary details on our salary page.
FSSAI exam Eligibility Criteria 2025
In order to apply for any post, like Technical Officer and Central Food Safety Officer, you need to ensure your FSSAI eligibility criteria particular of the post. FSSAI has specified certain eligibility criteria that needs to be fulfilled by interested candidates, if you wish to apply to the FSSAI exam 2025. FSSAI will specify the age, educational qualifications and other essential criteria to make you eligible for the posts announced by the organization, in the new recruitment cycle. Certain reservations and relaxations in age and other parameters are also laid out to candidates belonging to reserved category.
Online Course for FSSAI exam 2025
ixamBee provides a detailed FSSAI Exclusive Online Course for Technical officer and Central Food Safety Officer post which enables the students to cover each and every topic that is given in the FSSAI exam syllabus. The FSSAI Online course has been formulated by experienced educators - Mr Kailash Tiwari (ex-AFO, Union Bank of India), Mr. CP Mohan (Ex CGM, NABARD), (Ms.Arunima Sinha Ex-Manager SIDBI, Ex-Bank PO), Mr. Chandraprakash Joshi (ex-RBI GR B, MBA-Finance, PhD) and Mr. Karan Sardana (Coach for Bank, SSC, Insurance, Police MAT, CLAT Exams for 10 years). They have tried to incorporate all necessary information which is precise and all that is required for your preparation. Some features of the course can be inferred from below.
- More than 250+ Video lessons (out of which 35+ Videos are specially created for PART B) on different topics of FSSAI Examination
- 175+ Study Notes (out of which 35+ Notes are specially designed for PART B) to supplement the learning
- Live Classes to clear you doubts
- 150 + chapter tests for each of the subjects
Previous Year cut off
FSSAI notification 2025 is an opportunity that should not be taken lightly. This notification opens the gate to enter into the Food organizations industry. Thus, you should prepare for it wholeheartedly. To get an idea of the exam, you can refer to the FSSAI previous year cut-off given below. It will help you understand the exam pattern and can give some clarity regarding the exam.
FSSAI Assistant Manager (IT) Stage 2 (Computer Based Test) Post Wise Cut Off 2021
| Post | Category-wise Cut off (Out of 100 Marks) | PwBD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UR | OBC | SC | VH | |
| Assistant Manager (IT) | 66.25 | 62.91 | 69.62 | 36.67 |
| No. of Candidates available | 03 | 02 | 01 | 01 |
FSSAI Assistant Manager (Specialisation- Journalism or Mass Communication or Public Relation) Stage 2 (Computer Based Test) Post Wise Cut Off 2021
| Post | Category-wise Cut off (Out of 100 Marks) | |
|---|---|---|
| UR | OBC | |
| Assistant Manager (Specialisation- Journalism or Mass Communication or Public Relation) | 69.79 | 64.37 |
| No. of Candidates available | 01 | 01 |
FSSAI Assistant Manager (Specialisation- Social Work, Psychology, Labour & Social Welfare, Library Science) Stage 2 (Computer Based Test) Post Wise Cut Off 2021
| Post | Category-wise Cut off (Out of 100 Marks) | |
|---|---|---|
| UR | OBC | |
| Assistant Manager (Specialisation- Social Work, Psychology, Labour & Social Welfare, Library Science) | 67.91 | 64.90 |
| No. of Candidates available | 01 | 01 |
FSSAI Technical Officer Stage 1 (Computer Based Test) Cut Off 2021
| Category | No. of Vacancy | Cut-off Marks | Candidates Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| UR | 50 | 324 | 982* |
| SC | 19 | 284 | 379 |
| ST | 10 | 265 | 203 |
| OBC | 33 | 297 | 649 |
| EWS | 13 | 277 | 258 |
| Total | 125 (including posts reserved for PwBD) | ||
| PwBD (HH) | 3 | 103 | 24 (UR-13, SC-1, OBC-9, EWS-1) |
| PwBD (OH) | 2 | 241 | 40 (UR-20, EWS-01, OBC-15, SC2, ST-2) |
| PwBD (Others) | 2 | 133 | 05 (OBC) |
| *Includes - 80-SC, 21-ST, 340-OBC, 88-EWS and 01-OH candidate qualifying at UR cut-off. | |||
FSSAI Central Food Safety Officer Stage 1 (Computer Based Test) Cut Off 2021
| Category | No. of Vacancy | Cut-off Marks | Candidates Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| UR | 14 | 300 | 294* |
| SC | 06 | 267 | 119 |
| ST | 03 | 252 | 60 |
| OBC | 10 | 279 | 204 |
| EWS | 04 | 267 | 79 |
| Total | 37 (including post reserved for PwBD) | ||
| PwBD (HH) | 01 | 109 | 20 (UR-10, SC-1, OBC-7,EWS-2) |
| *Includes - 19-SC, 02-ST, 118-OBC, 28-EWS, and 1-HH candidates qualifying at UR cut-off. | |||
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