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Dairy Foods Industry
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1. 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 ________.
Mailbox prices
Bitter - salty
Alkaline phosphatase
Sanitary restrictions on production are imposed on producers.
2. A milk order - including pricing and other provisions - becomes effective only after approval by _____.
Real California Cheese
Vacuum
Calcium
Dairy farmers
3. Over half of the top 50 U.S. dairy cooperatives belong to a federation that is dairy farmer's chief lobbying voice in the nation's capitol. What is the name of the federation?
Flat
National Milk Producers Federation
100000
Thermoduric
4. The pricing of milk in the United States involves a wide variety of pricing regulations based on public policy decisions - including...
3.5-4.0
Federal Milk Marketing Order
I
750000
5. A device fitted with a screened lid that helps detect visible abnormalities in milk prior to attaching the milking machine is called a _____.
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Code
Strip cup
98%
Excessive agitation of warm raw milk
6. About _______ of the calcium available in the food supply is provided by milk.
1890
Milking too soon after calving
75%
Cooperatives
7. The 'set aside' of $0.15 per hundred pounds of milk from a milk producer's check is used in programs that support ______.
80%
Promotions & research
Sanitizers
National Milk Producers Federation
8. The pricing of milk in the United States involves a wide variety of pricing regulations based on public policy decisions - including...
Assure consumers an adequate supply of pure - wholesome milk
Sanitizers
Federal Milk Marketing Order
75%
9. Whole milk contains _____ percent protein.
Vacuum
3.5-4.0
Federal Milk Marketing Order
Cheese
10. What is not an objective of milk evaluation?
B. Determining one brand of milk from another
Penicillin
Chlorine
The Food and Drug Administration
11. The most prevalent off flavor of fluid milk is ______.
Grade A milk
Sour
Feed
48 - 72
12. Aflatoxins sometimes found in dairy foods are produced by what?
Federal Milk Marketing Order
Mold
Centrifuge
Over $63000000
13. The predominant bacteria of milk that produce lactic acid - which is responsible for the sour taste of milk are...?
1000
Streptococci
It lowers variability among cartons of milk
Casein
14. ______ % of the milk eligible for fluid use is covered by Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
80%
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
Breakfast
Shelf date
15. The __________ test may be of value in detecting gross carelessness in the production and handling of milk on the farm.
Thermoduric
Sediment
13
Casein
16. What percentage of U.S. households buy fluid milk (on an annual basis)?
98%
Bacterial
Clenbuterol
Added water
17. The off flavor most likely to be found in milk that has not been cooled properly is...
Determine whether mammary glands are inflamed
Sour
Bacterial
Milk testing and record keeping program for dairy cows
18. Under which of the following weather conditions would you expect to observe the greatest decrease in milk yield per cow?
Foot-and-mouth disease exists
Blend
Hot and humid
Listeria monocytogenes
19. Milk is a good source of all water soluble vitamins except for _____.
60
Mailbox prices
Brucellosis
Ascorbic acid
20. Milk is a good source of all water soluble vitamins except for _____.
Cheese
Osteoporosis
Assessing milk handlers in the order
Ascorbic acid
21. What do milk marketing cooperatives do?
50-50
11
Aerobic
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
22. The fat in one serving of whole milk is (8 ounces) provides _______ calories.
Wisconsin mastitis test
Milk fat and milk sugar
90
Dairy farmers
23. What is not an important reason for a five day-seven degree shelf life test?
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Code
I
It lowers variability among cartons of milk
Phosphorous
24. Which of the following is considered a controversial pricing arrangement?
Dairy Compacts
NASS Cheddar cheese price survey
Distinct precipitate forms - but no gel
Profit margin
25. What causes flavors in milk such as acid - high acid - or sour milk.
Payment made to milk producers for milk
Microorganisms
Flat
Substitution of chocolate skim milk for whole milk
26. The dairy product that had the highest percent change in per capita sales with an increase of 13.8% in 2002 was
1890
California - Oregon - and Washington
Feeds consumed by the cow
Flavored milk
27. 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
A higher price for non fat dry milk and a lower price for butter
Milkfat
Inhibited
Ultra high temperatures
28. Onion and garlic are responsible for the garlic/onion off-flavor in milk - and are more prevalent in pasture during __________.
18000
Public hearings are held so that all interested parties may present their views.
Early spring and late fall
Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S.
29. Mixture of milk and cream containing not less than 10.5 percent milkfat - but les than 18 percent milk fat - is the definition of...
Half-and-half
Ascorbic acid
Microorganisms
Casein - Lactalbumin
30. A milk gland that is destroyed because of mastitis is called _____.
$5.27
An atrophied cell
Aged Gouda
Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S.
31. Dairy farmers can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange?
NASS Cheddar cheese price survey
California - Oregon - and Washington
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Alkaline phosphatase
32. Milk - including skimmed used in fluid milk products - is Class ___ and receives the highest price
West
Third
75%
I
33. To reduce the feed flavor in milk to acceptable levels - cows should be removed from offending feeds _____ hours before milking.
The Food and Drug Administration
2-4
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Sub-clinical
34. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.
Shelf date
A
Australia
Pesticides
35. Which group of flavors cannot be detected by odor?
Mastitis
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Code
Bitter - salty
Phosphorous
36. The enzyme _______ is almost completely inactivated at the proper times and temperatures approved for pasteurization
161ºF for 15 seconds
Alkaline phosphatase
8.75
98
37. __________ amino acids are commonly found in milk proteins - including the essential amino acids.
Milk handlers
Lactose
Salty
19
38. Net profit after taxes divided by annual net sales is called ___________.
750000
Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S.
Profit margin
Handlers
39. The ability of lipase in milk to attack milk fat and produce a rancid off flavor is enhanced by what?
Excessive agitation of warm raw milk
Brucellosis
The price to be added or subtracted per 1/10 % of milk fat above or below a set percentage
Inhibited
40. Rules developed by the _____ are designed to protect the health and welfare of consumers.
Coliform bacteria
A higher price for non fat dry milk and a lower price for butter
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Market stabilization
41. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) specifies requirements for the production of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and is recommended by _________.
Substitution of chocolate skim milk for whole milk
Five
The Food and Drug Administration
Butter-cheese
42. The traditional method of pricing milk has used a milk fat differential of one tenth of one percent from a milkfat base of ______ percent.
3.5
50-50
100000
Calcium and phosphorus
43. Milk is a good supplier of minerals except for _____.
A
Psychrotropic
750000
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
44. The CMT test results that indicate a somatic cell count of 400000 to 1500000 are _____.
Distinct precipitate forms - but no gel
Lactic acid producing bacteria
A
Northeast dairy compact
45. Milk with low total solids will produce what off-flavor?
Flat
California - Oregon - and Washington
Vaccuumization
Hypochlorite sanitizer
46. The greatest amount of regular ice cream produced in the U.S. is in the _________ section
Wisconsin mastitis test
Mastitis
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
West
47. Milk is sold in units of _____ by the producer to the handler.
Bitter - salty
Lactic acid producing bacteria
Centrifuge
Cwt
48. The quantity of milk used to produce 1 pound of buttermilk depends chiefly upon the _______.
Low-carbohydrates diets
45
A
Milk fat content
49. To defray the cost of federal orders - handlers are assessed ____ per hundredweight of milk received.
Bacterial
Milk lock
2 to 5 cents
Half-and-half
50. _________ is the time after processing during which a dairy product normally remains suitable for human consumption
Shelf date
1937
Vacuum
Early spring and late fall