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Dairy Foods Industry
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1. When cows have mastitis - the protein content of milk may be higher - but the cheese yield is lower because of a decrease in _______ protein.
Market stabilization
Casein
Malty
Cwt
2. What causes flavors in milk such as acid - high acid - or sour milk.
Microorganisms
Phosphatase
Fat content
National Milk Producers Federation
3. When milk is priced by the solids not fat pricing scheme - the base solids are ________ percent.
8.75
98
Fluid milk products and cheese
Rancid
4. Dairy cows need _________ day dry periods for rejuvenation of secretary tissue and restoration of body condition
60
Raw Fluid Milk
29.8
11
5. The components of milk responsible for richness and sweetness - in this order are...
Milk fat and milk sugar
The Food and Drug Administration
Lactalbumin-casein
Promotions & research
6. What will best control contagious mastitis?
Germicidal teat dip
Psychrotrophs
Skim milk
Microorganisms
7. Farm water supplies must be protected from surface contamination. Water is usually tested for ________ as an indicator of possible sewage contamination.
Growth of bacteria in the milk
Ascorbic acid
Coliform bacteria
10
8. Milk is used most often at?
Flavored milk
Breakfast
Class I
Distinct precipitate forms - but no gel
9. 1. Operating cost of Federal orders are paid by ______.
Grade A milk
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
Milkfat
The milk handlers
10. 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...
Sub-clinical
4 to 6
Low-carbohydrates diets
Half-and-half
11. 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 __________.
Dry the corn down as soon as possible
Payment made to milk producers for milk
Mailbox prices
Hot and humid
12. Three states from a single region of the nation now produce over one-fourth of the U.S. milk supply. These states are...?
Promotions & research
California - Oregon - and Washington
B. Determining one brand of milk from another
The percentage of the population between 45-60 years of age
13. The two dairy product categories that require the highest amount of raw milk from the U.S. supply are...
50-50
Handler
Fluid milk products and cheese
Hot and humid
14. The _____ or uniform price is determined by the proportion of the total delivery used in products of these classes.
Pendulous udders
Blend
Riboflavin
48 hours at 32ºC
15. In order to gain bargaining power - milk producers have formed _____ to manufacture milk products and market them directly.
Centrifuge
Marketing coops
19
10
16. Lactose is the principal ________ in milk.
Carbohydrate
Malty
Low-carbohydrates diets
10
17. The first compulsory pasteurization law (Chicago) applying to all milk except that from tuberculin tested cows was adopted in __________.
3.5-4.0
1908
1.032
Aged Gouda
18. Under federal orders - dairy farmers receive their milk checks?
Once or twice monthly
I
Imports of milk protein concentrates and casein
Early spring and late fall
19. One objective of a federal order is to _______________
Pesticides
Northeast dairy compact
Alkaline cleaner in hot water
Assure consumers an adequate supply of pure - wholesome milk
20. Over the past 20 years the difference between the prices farmers receive for milk and the prices consumers pay for dairy products has...
13
Bitter-quinine
Profit margin
More than doubled
21. Which one of the following is not a cause of mastitis?
Bacterial
Penicillin
Midwest food manufactures
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
22. _______ milk is gaining in popularity because of the historically unfavorable price ratio of milk fat to vegetable fat.
Filled
Class I
West
100000
23. What percent of all milk produced in the U.S. is sold to dairy processing plants?
10
98
Butter
Foot-and-mouth disease exists
24. Which group of flavors cannot be detected by odor?
Bitter - salty
A
Skim milk
Milk fat and milk sugar
25. Which of the following have dairy farmers - through their cooperatives opposed?
Imports of milk protein concentrates and casein
8.75
Sub-clinical
Grade A milk
26. By definition - a product labeled 'milk' must contain not less than _____ percent milk fat.
3.25%
8.75
I
Payment made to milk producers for milk
27. _______ milk is gaining in popularity because of the historically unfavorable price ratio of milk fat to vegetable fat.
11
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
Filled
A higher price for non fat dry milk and a lower price for butter
28. Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus are examples of _________ .
80%
Early spring and late fall
Lactic acid producing bacteria
More than doubled
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.
Leukocytes
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
Hydrometer
Raw to sanitized
30. The United States government purchases surplus ____ from the commercial market under the dairy price support program.
Osteoporosis
Promotions & research
Lactose
Cheese - nonfat dry milk - butter
31. Milk contains all the known vitamins and is an especially good source of ___
Riboflavin
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
The Food and Drug Administration
Alkaline phosphatase
32. The two most important diseases of cattle transmissible to man through milk are _______.
Tuberculosis and brucellosis
Aged Gouda
Casein - Lactalbumin
50-50
33. 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?
Short hedge
Extreme agitation of raw milk
Market stabilization
Penicillin G
34. Fluid milk contains an average of _____ percent solids.
A
13
Aged Gouda
Alkaline phosphatase
35. What is not an objective of milk evaluation?
Thermoduric
B. Determining one brand of milk from another
Bitter-quinine
13
36. Which of the following four primary taste sensations is correctly matched with the causal agent?
Bitter-quinine
48 hours at 32ºC
The products made from it by milk processors
Scientific - technical & economic progress
37. In Federal order markets - milk sold for consumption in fluid form is in __________.
Class I
Lactose
Promotions & research
California - Oregon - and Washington
38. 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 ________.
Aerobic
100000
Acidic detergent
Mailbox prices
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.
Chlorine
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
Low-carbohydrates diets
3.5
40. A _____ cup is a cup with fine wire mesh on top used to detect the presence of abnormal milk.
1000
Five
Half-and-half
Strip
41. Chemical sanitizers containing __________ are most widely used for sanitizing milking equipment.
1890
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
Chlorine
Pituitary
42. Grade A milk priced under Federal Orders is classified according to...
Mold
Careless handling
The products made from it by milk processors
Grade A milk
43. Summer milk has been estimated to contain 1.6 times as much vitamin ____ as winter milk.
Blend
Clenbuterol
A
Low-carbohydrates diets
44. The largest percentage of the U.S. milk supply is utilized in the production of ______.
Cheese
Sub-clinical
Early spring and late fall
Psychrotrophs
45. Grade A milk priced under Federal Orders is classified according to...
161ºF for 15 seconds
Market stabilization
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The products made from it by milk processors
46. An average dairy cow now produces approximately ___ pounds of milk in a 305-day milking period.
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
Sanitizers
18000
West
47. Besides calcium - milk contains _______ - a mineral that is found in brain tissue - muscles - teeth and bones.
Phosphorous
Scientific - technical & economic progress
Decreased
Profit margin
48. The Standard Plate Count (SPC) has a prescribed incubation time of _____ hours at _____ ºC.
48 hours at 32ºC
Ultra-filtration
Feeds consumed by the cow
A
49. A milk order - including pricing and other provisions - becomes effective only after approval by _____.
Listeria monocytogenes
1890
Strip cup
Dairy farmers
50. A _____ needs to be applied to the teat end in order for a milking machine to remove milk.
98%
Shelf date
Magnesium-Iron-Manganese-Copper
Vacuum