GSSSB is hiring 84 Food Safety Officers for Gujarat: apply on OJAS by 10 November, ₹40,800 a month to start

The Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board (GSSSB) has published Advertisement 465/2026-27 for 84 Food Safety Officer, Class 3 posts in the office of the Commissioner, Food and Drugs Control Administration, under the Health and Family Welfare Department. Food Safety Officers inspect eateries, shops and food units, collect samples and enforce food safety law in the field. Applications are online only, on ojas.gujarat.gov.in.

Key dates

Step	Date
Online application	27 October (6 pm) to 10 November 2026 (11:59 pm)
Last date to pay the fee online	13 November 2026 (11:59 pm)
Exam date and call letters	To be announced on gsssb.gujarat.gov.in

The 84 posts

Category	Posts	Of which reserved for women
Unreserved	40	13
EWS	8	2
SEBC	19	6
SC	7	2
ST	10	3
Total	84	26

Eight of the 84 posts are reserved for ex-servicemen. Posts for candidates with disabilities are not in this advertisement: they have been put out separately as Advertisement 466/2026-27, a special recruitment drive. Reserved posts are for candidates whose caste category is from Gujarat.

Who can apply

• A master's degree in chemistry, or a degree in food technology, dairy technology, biotechnology, oil technology, agricultural science, veterinary science, biochemistry, microbiology or medicine, from a recognised university.
• The advertisement also accepts the wider list in the Union Health Ministry's notification of 21 September 2023: a bachelor's, master's or doctorate in disciplines such as food engineering, food processing technology, food safety and quality management, agriculture, agricultural engineering, fisheries, horticulture, and food nutrition and dietetics.
• Basic computer knowledge under the state's 1967 recruitment rules, and adequate knowledge of Gujarati or Hindi or both.
• Anyone with a financial interest in making, importing or selling food cannot be appointed.
• Age 18 to 37 years on 10 November 2026. Women and reserved categories get relaxation, up to a maximum age of 45.

Pay

A fixed ₹40,800 a month for the first five years. After five years of satisfactory service, the officer is eligible for regular appointment in Pay Level 5, ₹29,200 to ₹92,300, under the Seventh Pay Commission. The advertisement notes this is subject to the Supreme Court's decision in the fixed-pay cases.

Fee

₹500 for unreserved candidates and ₹400 for women of all categories, SEBC, SC, ST, EWS, candidates with disabilities and ex-servicemen, paid online only, plus transaction charges. The fee is refunded to everyone who appears in the exam. If you do not appear, or your form is cancelled, you lose it.

The exam

• One paper, multiple choice, on computer or OMR: 210 questions in 3 hours.
• Part A, 90 marks: reasoning and data interpretation (30), quantitative aptitude (30), and the Constitution, current affairs, and Gujarati and English comprehension (30).
• Part B, 120 marks: the subject and its applications, at the level of the required degree.
• A quarter of the marks for a question is cut for each wrong answer.
• You need at least 40% in Part A and 40% in Part B separately. The Board says no category gets a lower bar.

What to do now: keep your degree certificate and, for SEBC candidates, a non-creamy-layer certificate in the state's Appendix 4 format issued between 1 April 2024 and 10 November 2026 (or the central Annexure A format issued from 1 April 2026) ready before you fill the form, since the details you enter are what gets checked later. The Board's helpline for the form and fee is 079-23258916. More on how GSSSB exams work is in our GSSSB recruitment 2026 guide, and recent cut-offs for other Class 3 posts are in our GSSSB result 2026 tracker.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board: its detailed instructions for Advertisement 465/2026-27, Food Safety Officer, Class 3. Official portal: gsssb.gujarat.gov.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.