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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. A device fitted with a screened lid that helps detect visible abnormalities in milk prior to attaching the milking machine is called a _____.






2. The Mid-American International Agri-Trade Council assists _______






3. To reduce the feed flavor in milk to acceptable levels - cows should be removed from offending feeds _____ hours before milking.






4. Cows with _____ have a higher incidence of mastitis because physical injury is more likely?






5. Continued low calcium intake may result in ______ in adults.






6. When milk is priced by the solids not fat pricing scheme - the base solids are ________ percent.






7. The quantity of milk used to produce 1 pound of buttermilk depends chiefly upon the _______.






8. 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?






9. Pasteurization is the process of heating every particle of milk and milk products to the minimum required _______ and holding it continuously for the minimum required ______ in equipment that is properly designed and operated






10. Milk - including skimmed used in fluid milk products - is Class ___ and receives the highest price






11. 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.






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






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






14. What percentage of U.S. households buy fluid milk (on an annual basis)?






15. Dairy product exports are expected to _______ - according to the U.S. Dairy Council (USDEC).






16. The United States government purchases surplus ____ from the commercial market under the dairy price support program.






17. 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.






18. The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what?






19. 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






20. One of the mechanisms used by the USDA to remove surplus dairy products from the supply is to subsidize manufacturers who sell overseas at a loss. This is called the?






21. For the over 40 years the National Cheese Exchange had established the national cheeses cash prices. On May 1 - 1998 Cheese was traded at the ________ for the first time.






22. In Federal order markets - milk sold for consumption in fluid form is in __________.






23. A large portion of the population is sensitive to the antibiotic _____.






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






25. Onion and garlic are responsible for the garlic/onion off-flavor in milk - and are more prevalent in pasture during __________.






26. Bulk milk cooling and storage and the increased use of milking systems on farms has resulted in ________ bacteria being the primary organisms in raw milk.






27. The microbiological standard for Grade A raw from single procedure is _________ bacteria per millimeter of milk prior to co-mingling with milk from other producers






28. Over the past 20 years the difference between the prices farmers receive for milk and the prices consumers pay for dairy products has...






29. The main objection of dirt and milkstone on parts is _____.






30. The main objection of dirt and milkstone on parts is _____.






31. The first compulsory pasteurization law (Chicago) applying to all milk except that from tuberculin tested cows was adopted in __________.






32. Dairy farmers can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange?






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






34. Which is a true statement concerning federal milk marketing orders?






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






36. A pooling method where by handlers with higher than average utilization pay into and handlers with lower than average utilization receive payment from is called _______.






37. A pooling method where by handlers with higher than average utilization pay into and handlers with lower than average utilization receive payment from is called _______.






38. 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?






39. When cows have mastitis - the protein content of milk may be higher - but the cheese yield is lower because of a decrease in _______ protein.






40. Bulk milk cooling and storage and the increased use of milking systems on farms has resulted in ________ bacteria being the primary organisms in raw milk.






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






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






43. By regulation - milk from cows treated with antibiotics usually must be withheld for ____ hours.






44. What is not an objective of milk evaluation?






45. 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?






46. Milk contains all the known vitamins and is an especially good source of ___






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






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






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






50. The Babcock test is a rapid - simple and accurate test for...