GSSSB FSO Recruitment 2026 Notification Out – Apply Online for 84 Food Safety Officer Posts

The Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board (GSSSB) is a Gujarat government recruitment board. Its office is at Block No. 2, First Floor, Karmayogi Bhavan, Sector-10-A, Gandhinagar. In this recruitment it selects Food Safety Officers for the office of the Commissioner, Food and Drugs Control Administration, which works under the control of the Health and Family Welfare Department. Official updates are posted on gsssb.gujarat.gov.in, and applications are taken through OJAS.

GSSSB Recruitment 2026 has 84 Food Safety Officer, Class-3 posts in all. The notice says the number of posts may go up or down. Reserved posts are only for candidates from the reserved classes of Gujarat origin. Posts for women are reserved under the General Administration Department notification dated 11/11/2014. If no suitable woman candidate is available, the post goes to a male candidate of the same category. The posts left after the women's reservation are not reserved for men. Men and women can both apply for them, and selection is by merit on marks or normalised marks. Ex-servicemen get a 10% reservation. A selected ex-serviceman is adjusted against his own category (UR, EWS, SEBC, SC or ST). If no suitable ex-serviceman is available, the post goes to an eligible candidate of that category. These disabilities are accepted both for reserved posts and when a candidate with a disabil

GSSSB Category-wise Vacancy 2026

Disabilities Eligible for the Food Safety Officer Post

The educational qualification for Food Safety Officer, Class-3 follows the recruitment rules notified by the Health and Family Welfare Department on 02/07/2016 (No. GP/4/FSO/10/2016/1791[1791]/JH). The degree must come from a university established or incorporated by or under a Central or State Act in India, or from an institution recognised as such or declared a deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. An equivalent qualification recognised by the Government is also accepted. The recruitment rules also say that no person who has any financial interest in the manufacture, import or sale of any article of food shall be appointed as a Food Safety Officer. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare notification dated 21/09/2023 (F.N.P. 15014/8/2023-FR) is also accepted. Under it, a bachelor's degree, master's degree or Doctorate degree from a recognise

On 10/11/2026, candidates must be at least 18 years old and not more than 37 years old. Candidates already in Gujarat Government service may get a relaxation of the upper age limit under the Gujarat Civil Services Classification and Recruitment (General) Rules, 1967. Only SC, ST, SEBC and EWS candidates of Gujarat origin get the age relaxation and reservation benefits. Reserved-category candidates who apply against an unreserved post get no age relaxation or any other relaxation. SEBC: One of these certificates is needed: a non-creamy layer certificate in the Gujarati format of Annexure-4, based on income for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, obtained between 01/04/2024 and 10/11/2026; or the Government of India Annexure-A certificate, obtained between 01/04/2026 and 10/11/2026. Married SEBC women must give a certificate based on their parents' income. If the certificate is based on the husb

For the first five years, appointment is on the fixed pay of Rs. 40,800 per month and the other benefits under the Finance Department resolutions. The latest of these is the resolution dated 18/10/2023 (No. Kharch-2002-57-(Part-4)-Z.1). If service is found satisfactory at the end of five years, the candidate becomes eligible for regular appointment in the Level-5 pay scale. This is subject to the General Administration Department resolution dated 23/10/2015 and the Finance Department resolutions dated 28/03/2016 and 18/01/2017. It is also subject to the Supreme Court's decision in SLP No.14124/2012 and SLP No.14125/2012.

The fee is paid online only, after the application is submitted and a confirmation number is generated, by 13/11/2026 (23:59 hours) . No other mode is accepted, and no late fee is accepted. Payment can be made by Debit Card, Internet Banking, UPI or Wallets. Go to the Online Application tab on OJAS, then Print Application Form / Pay Fees, then Online Payment of Fees. The transaction charge is paid on top of the fee. Candidates must keep a printout of the fee receipt or the e-receipt. If no receipt is generated, the fee is not treated as paid. The receipt can be printed again through Print Application Form / Pay Fees, then Online Payment Receipt. The fee is refunded, through the mode used to pay it, to candidates who appear in the examination. Candidates who do not appear get no refund. This is why the bank account details asked for in the form matter. An application without the fee is re

One-stage MCQ competitive examination (CBRT or OMR), with Part-A and Part-B in a single question paper. Provisional result for all candidates who appear, published on the Board's website. Document verification for about two times the number of posts in each category, chosen by total marks from among candidates who meet the qualifying standard in both parts. If enough candidates are not available after this, more candidates from the provisional merit list may be called by category. Selection list, and a waiting list where applicable, prepared by category on merit (General Administration Department resolution dated 27/07/2018). The Board recommends the selected candidates to the department concerned for appointment, in order of Merit Number. Widows: Widow candidates get 5% of their CBRT/OMR marks added for preference in selection. They must not have remarried at the time of appointment and

The examination is MCQ-based and is held in one sitting on CBRT/OMR. The paper is set at the level of the educational qualification, and the syllabus content follows that qualification. There are 90 questions in Part-A and 120 in Part-B, 210 questions in all. Candidates get 3 hours (180 minutes) for Part-A and Part-B together. Negative marking: 1/4 of the marks for the question is deducted for each wrong answer. Qualifying standard: at least 40% in Part-A and at least 40% in Part-B, each counted separately. The minimum is not lower than 40% for any category. After the exam, a provisional answer key will be published. The final answer key will be published after the representations on it are considered. If a question is cancelled, its marks are shared out pro-rata among the remaining questions, and negative marking applies to the pro-rata marks. The Board will set the exam centres accordi

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