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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. About _____ percent of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk and milk products.






2. The form of mastitis that is hidden from sight is known as _______






3. The hormone oxytocin is released by the ____ gland. This act stimulates the mammary gland.






4. The feed additive isoacid gives a ______ pound milk response - with maximum response in early lactation.






5. The major cause of mastitis infections are _____ infections






6. The __________ test may be of value in detecting gross carelessness in the production and handling of milk on the farm.






7. Quarters infected with mastitis tend to shed more _____ defending white blood cells.






8. The objectives of the Babcock Institute do not include________________.






9. What directly influence(s) the total supply of milk?






10. Milk is a good supplier of minerals except for _____.






11. By definition - a product labeled 'milk' must contain not less than _____ percent milk fat.






12. What percent of all milk produced in the U.S. is sold to dairy processing plants?






13. The antibiotic _____ gives sensitive reaction to a large proportion of the public.






14. The application of heat to milk for the purpose of preservation - with the extra benefit of the protection of public health - continues to develop. Innovative methods are now available for processing milk at ______ with only fractions of a second hol






15. Corn that is drought stressed is much more likely to be contaminated with molds - especially Aspergillus flavus and the aflatoxin it produces. The best way to prevent the growth of aflatoxins is to __________.






16. High-temperature short-time pasteurization (HTST) requires that every particle of milk is heated to a minimum temperature of _____ for _____ seconds or its equivalent.






17. The ideal cleaning material for removing milk stone from milking equipment surfaces is _____.






18. The ability of lipase in milk to attack milk fat and produce a rancid off flavor is enhanced by what?






19. It requires approximately ________ pounds of skim milk to make one pound of nonfat dry milk.






20. University of Wisconsin - Madison dairy foods researchers estimate that the cheese industry loses _________ annually on defects in cheddar - other American - type and Swiss cheeses.






21. Mastitis infecting microorganisms almost invariably gain entrance to the mammary gland via the _____.






22. Which of the following is considered a controversial pricing arrangement?






23. The rules States adopt to govern the production - processing - packaging and storage of Grade A milk are based on ________.






24. In January 2003 - dairy and other food industry organizations testified against a proposed free trade agreement with?






25. What will best control contagious mastitis?






26. Although milk from the cow is processed - it is not an engineered or fabricated food and contains about ________ % solids






27. The CMT test results that indicate a somatic cell count of 400000 to 1500000 are _____.






28. Products eligible for the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP).






29. A major Salmonellas outbreak in Chicago spawned increased emphasis on milk processing sanitation - FDA inspections and downtime equipment inspections to evaluate and eliminate possible ______ cross connections.






30. Federal milk marketing orders give _______ an active voice in determining minimum milk prices through public hearings.






31. Nearly 43% of all milk produced in the U.S. is made into Class I products while 36% is made into Class III. Which product is made from Class III milk?






32. The fat in one serving of whole milk is (8 ounces) provides _______ calories.






33. Cheddar cheeses sold in the United States - which are not made from pasteurized milk - must be ripened at least _________ days






34. S. M. Babcock developed the Babcock Test in _____.






35. The somatic cell count standard for Grade A raw milk is _____ or less per milliliter of milk.






36. _________ is the time after processing during which a dairy product normally remains suitable for human consumption






37. Net profit after taxes divided by annual net sales is called ___________.






38. What marketing tool would be used in the futures market by someone who owns a commodity such as milk and intends to sell it sometime in the future?






39. Milk stone accumulation on dairy equipment comes from _____ per cent minerals from water and _____ per cent milk solids.






40. The two main proteins in milk are ____ and ____.






41. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.






42. Which of the following statements concerning the daily consumption of a quart of cow's milk is untrue?






43. A Federal Milk Marketing order is a regulation issued by the Secretary of __________ - which places certain requirements on the first buyers or handlers of milk from dairy farmers.






44. While some extra-label drugs can be used by food-producing animals - others cannot. What is/are an illegal drug(s)?






45. One gallon of milk weighs _____ pounds.






46. The most prevalent off flavor of fluid milk is ______.






47. The traditional method of pricing milk has used a milk fat differential of one tenth of one percent from a milkfat base of ______ percent.






48. About _____ percent of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk and milk products.






49. Which one of the following is not a cause of mastitis?






50. The two most important diseases of cattle transmissible to man through milk are _______.