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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The __________ test may be of value in detecting gross carelessness in the production and handling of milk on the farm.






2. ___________ is a test for rancidity?






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






4. Milk supplies more than 70% of which vital component of the American diet?






5. Which group of flavors cannot be detected by odor?






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






7. According to Dick Groves the per capita consumption of cheese for the 20th century was a respectable level of ______ pounds.






8. What is the most popular type container used for fluid milk?






9. Although cheese has taken an increasing percent of the U.S. Milk supplies in recent years - __________ still use(s) the largest share of the U.S. Milk supply.






10. Pasteurization was developed in _____ as a heat treatment to preserve food.






11. Lactose is the principal ________ in milk.






12. The two most important etlologic agents of mastitis are __________.






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






14. The cheese price series is based on 63 U.S. cheese plants that make 80 to 85 percent of the bulk Cheddar. What is the price series called?






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






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






17. The absence of _____ and _____ is not an accident - because they would catalyze oxidation - there producing metallic or oxidized flavors






18. 1. Operating cost of Federal orders are paid by ______.






19. A _____ cup is a cup with fine wire mesh on top used to detect the presence of abnormal milk.






20. Chemical sanitizers containing __________ are most widely used for sanitizing milking equipment.






21. The percent of U.S. milk production consumed through schools has ___________ in the past 8 years.






22. What is not a cause of coliform mastitis?






23. USDA reports net prices received by dairy farmers for milk - usually the prices are published on a map to show regional differences. The prices are referred to as ________.






24. Which of the following have dairy farmers - through their cooperatives opposed?






25. If you produce milk in this state - the price you will receive for your milk is a blend of classes - components - quota - and non-quota values. It is the only state with its own farm milk pricing system. The state is ____________.






26. Rules developed by the _____ are designed to protect the health and welfare of consumers.






27. Some streptococci that produce lactic acid also produce certain aldehydes - which impart a _____ flavor.






28. Milk is a good source of all water soluble vitamins except for _____.






29. The enzyme - ____ - is almost completely inactivated at the proper times and temperatures approved for pasteurization






30. The Dairy Herd Improvement Association is a cooperative which provides_______.






31. The process of concentrating milk currently being used on the farm is called _________






32. Which of the following is not a part of the establishment of a federal marketing order?






33. Federal milk marketing orders were established in _____.






34. 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.






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






36. The cost of operating Federal orders is paid by ________.






37. Federal Milk Marketing Orders are a mechanism for...






38. The utilization of U.S. supply of milk fat in the production of butter over the past 25 years has ___________.






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






40. Due to high leukocyte counts - farmers should not use the CMT before the ________ day after calving or test milk from cows that are being dried off






41. Milk producers have formed _____ to gain bargaining power.






42. Due to high leukocyte counts - farmers should not use the CMT before the ________ day after calving or test milk from cows that are being dried off






43. _____ is the cause of the rancid flavor in milk.






44. The protein in a quart of milk is approximately equivalent to that in ________.






45. To defray the cost of federal orders - handlers are assessed ____ per hundredweight of milk received.






46. In order to gain bargaining power - milk producers have formed _____ to manufacture milk products and market them directly.






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






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






49. In December 2003 - the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) began airing its 'Happy Cows' television ad campaign nationwide in an effort to build recognition for?






50. A consumer found an off-flavor in milk packaged in transparent plastic and exposed to high intensity fluorescent light. The off-flavor probably was?