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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. The first compulsory pasteurization law (Chicago) applying to all milk except that from tuberculin tested cows was adopted in __________.






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






3. A device fitted with a screened lid that helps detect visible abnormalities in milk prior to attaching the milking machine is called a _____.






4. Besides calcium - milk contains _______ - a mineral that is found in brain tissue - muscles - teeth and bones.






5. What will best control contagious mastitis?






6. Fluid milk contains an average of _____ percent solids.






7. Cottage cheese is breaking a long cycle of flat sales and enjoying a revived popularity not seen since the 1970's because of its versatility and the popularity of...






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






9. A system of fairly distributing payment among producers in a Federal Milk Market is called...






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






11. _______ milk is gaining in popularity because of the historically unfavorable price ratio of milk fat to vegetable fat.






12. What do milk marketing cooperatives do?






13. Most farm bulk milk tanks are designed for every-other-day (EOD) pickup and must cool 25 percent of the volume of the tank to ___ degrees F within two hours after milking.






14. The current supply & demand situation has which of the products from milk in short supply?






15. The only mastitis pathogen using the mammary gland as its primary habitat is?






16. Milk is the only source of __________ in nature.






17. A popular screening test for bulk blended milk that detects abnormal milk is the _____.






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






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






20. Cow's milk contains _____ percent lactose






21. Which of the following is untrue concerning the federal milk marketing orders?






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






23. 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 __________.






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






25. The California mastitis test is done to...






26. Whole milk contains _____ percent protein.






27. Which of the following four primary taste sensations is correctly matched with the causal agent?






28. Which of the following four primary taste sensations is correctly matched with the causal agent?






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






30. Farm water supplies must be protected from surface contamination. Water is usually tested for ________ as an indicator of possible sewage contamination.






31. Flavors of milk may be caused in general by _______________.






32. Mixture of milk and cream containing not less than 10.5 percent milkfat - but les than 18 percent milk fat - is the definition of...






33. 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?






34. Milk meeting the highest sanitary requirements is known as Grade _____.






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






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






37. 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 ________.






38. Bacteria that survive specific heat treatment are said to be _____.






39. __________ is a milk process that makes milk more easily digested by those with a sensitive digestive system.






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






41. The two dairy product categories that require the highest amount of raw milk from the U.S. supply are...






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






43. A high acid flavor (sour) in milk is caused by ________.






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






45. Removing cows from green grass or silage four hours prior to milking - can minimize or eliminate which flavor defect in milk?






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






47. The major cause of mastitis infections are _____ infections






48. The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what?






49. A _____ needs to be applied to the teat end in order for a milking machine to remove milk.






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