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Dairy Foods Industry
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The milk-borne illness outbreak that occurred in California via the consumption of a fresh - unripened Mexican type cheese was caused by the microorganism __________.
1000
Over $63000000
Listeria monocytogenes
Handlers
2. Fluid milk contains an average of _____ percent solids.
Flavored milk
55
76%
13
3. The major cause of mastitis infections are _____ infections
Bacterial
Raw Fluid Milk
8.75
West
4. Regional fluid milk pricing authorities - or compacts - are getting a strong lock in several areas of the country. The first dairy compact that was formed is called the _______.
Agriculture
A
Northeast dairy compact
Aged Gouda
5. The Babcock test is a rapid - simple and accurate test for...
Grade A milk
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
Fat content
Sanitizers
6. The form of mastitis that is hidden from sight is known as _______
Listeria monocytogenes
76%
Use a bactericide for disinfecting the teats after milking
Sub-clinical
7. To reduce the feed flavor in milk to acceptable levels - cows should be removed from offending feeds _____ hours before milking.
48 - 72
. cream products - cottage cheese - and ice cream
Bitter-quinine
2-4
8. Which is a true statement concerning federal milk marketing orders?
Sterilization
Cream and milk fat
Ascorbic acid
Public hearings are held so that all interested parties may present their views.
9. The hormone oxytocin is released by the ____ gland. This act stimulates the mammary gland.
Agriculture
Strip
It lowers variability among cartons of milk
Pituitary
10. The United States government purchases surplus ____ from the commercial market under the dairy price support program.
Milk handlers
3.5
Determine whether mammary glands are inflamed
Cheese - nonfat dry milk - butter
11. The feed additive isoacid gives a ______ pound milk response - with maximum response in early lactation.
4 to 6
Supermarkets
Pendulous udders
8.6
12. _______ milk is gaining in popularity because of the historically unfavorable price ratio of milk fat to vegetable fat.
Mastitis
13
Filled
Determine whether mammary glands are inflamed
13. As with grade A milk - ______ adopts and enforces regulations to control milk used for the manufacturing of milk products.
Freezing point
Psychrotrophs
100%
Each state
14. ___________ is a test for rancidity?
Making sure equipment has been cleaned correctly
. cream products - cottage cheese - and ice cream
45
Acid degree value
15. The percent of U.S. milk production consumed through schools has ___________ in the past 8 years.
Increased
Cheese
100000
Clenbuterol
16. Besides calcium - milk contains _______ - a mineral that is found in brain tissue - muscles - teeth and bones.
Phosphorous
An atrophied cell
Producer settlement fund (equalization fund)
10
17. Which of the following statements concerning the daily consumption of a quart of cow's milk is untrue?
76%
Imports of milk protein concentrates and casein
B. Determining one brand of milk from another
Milk supplies one half the calcium
18. ______ % of the milk eligible for fluid use is covered by Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
Determine whether mammary glands are inflamed
80%
Assure consumers an adequate supply of pure - wholesome milk
Sour
19. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.
Distinct precipitate forms - but no gel
Pesticides
2 to 5 cents
Northeast dairy compact
20. What vitamin was first discovered in milk fat and is important to eyesight?
Filled
Streptococcus agaiactiae and Staphylococcus aureaus
Lactose
A
21. 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
Not controlled by Federal Orders
NASS Cheddar cheese price survey
Ultra high temperatures
Shelf date
22. 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
Lactose
Mailbox prices
Ultra high temperatures
23. The primary factors influencing per capita cheese demand does not include?
Increased bacterial count
Strip cup
The percentage of the population between 45-60 years of age
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
24. The _____ or uniform price is determined by the proportion of the total delivery used in products of these classes.
Blend
Osteoporosis
Homogenization
Milk handlers
25. Each month - the USDA calculates the Basic Formula Price (BFP) which often ranges from $11.00 to $13.00 per hundredweight. The BFP establishes the basic price for _______.
The Food and Drug Administration
1890
Raw Fluid Milk
Payment made to milk producers for milk
26. Purple color that results from CMT test is generally more intense in samples from infected quarters - because such samples have a __________pH.
Dairy Export Incentive Program
2-4
Alkaline
Coliform bacteria
27. The establishment of a Federal milk marketing order is generally initiated by ________.
Dairy farmers - through their cooperative association
18000
Lactic acid producing bacteria
Careless handling
28. 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.
Alkaline phosphatase
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
8.6
The order must be approved by 2/3 of the producers supplying 3/4 of the milk
29. The tilt in the USDA price support for manufactured milk products was recently adjusted to provide...
Brucellosis
Third
A higher price for non fat dry milk and a lower price for butter
The percentage of the population between 45-60 years of age
30. Dairy farmers can buy and sell dairy futures on what exchange?
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Short hedge
Strip
Carbohydrate
31. The traditional method of pricing milk has used a milk fat differential of one tenth of one percent from a milkfat base of ______ percent.
Marketing coops
Agriculture
3.5
Use a bactericide for disinfecting the teats after milking
32. An average dairy cow now produces approximately ___ pounds of milk in a 305-day milking period.
The order must be approved by 2/3 of the producers supplying 3/4 of the milk
45
18000
Handler
33. Milk provides _____and_____ in approximately the same ratio as found in bone.
Bitter - salty
More than doubled
Calcium and phosphorus
Filled
34. The major reason milk from cows treated with antibiotics must be withheld from the milk supply is because _______.
Feed
A large proportion of the human population is sensitive to antibiotics
Grade A milk
Bitter-quinine
35. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.
Raw to sanitized
Dairy Management - Inc.
Pesticides
Low-carbohydrates diets
36. The two most important diseases of cattle transmissible to man through milk are _______.
Listeria monocytogenes
Tuberculosis and brucellosis
Milk lock
98%
37. ______ % of the milk eligible for fluid use is covered by Federal Milk Marketing Orders.
Marketing coops
Growth of bacteria in the milk
80%
Milk fat content
38. 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
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Code
Dairy Export Incentive Program
Grade A milk
39. Federal Definitions and Standards of Identity specify that Whole Milk contain not less than _____.
Skim milk
3.25 percent milkfat and 8.25 percent solids-not-fat
Clenbuterol
More than doubled
40. The only mastitis pathogen using the mammary gland as its primary habitat is?
19
Dairy Export Incentive Program
Agalactiae
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and Code
41. Bangs Disease is another name for _____.
Streptococcus agaiactiae and Staphylococcus aureaus
Sanitizers
100%
Brucellosis
42. Dairy cows need _________ day dry periods for rejuvenation of secretary tissue and restoration of body condition
A
Fluid milk and cream
60
Mailbox prices
43. High-temperature short-time pasteurization (HTST) requires that every particle of milk is heated to a minimum temperature of _____ for _____ seconds or its equivalent.
13
161ºF for 15 seconds
Pituitary
Agriculture
44. 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.
Phosphatase
19
Psychrotropic
Use a bactericide for disinfecting the teats after milking
45. What is not an objective of milk evaluation?
750000
Mastitis
B. Determining one brand of milk from another
Dairy Management - Inc.
46. The milk fat differential used in paying for raw milk is...
Provide marketing power for dairy farmers
Ascorbic acid
The price to be added or subtracted per 1/10 % of milk fat above or below a set percentage
11
47. Federal Milk Marketing Orders are a mechanism for...
West
Freezing point
Milk fat and milk sugar
Market stabilization
48. A device fitted with a screened lid that helps detect visible abnormalities in milk prior to attaching the milking machine is called a _____.
Rancid
Strip cup
8.6
4 ounces of Cheddar or American cheese
49. A _____ is anyone who handles Grade 'A' milk from dairy farmers for distribution to the marketing area.
The price to be added or subtracted per 1/10 % of milk fat above or below a set percentage
Handler
Foot-and-mouth disease exists
Strip cup
50. The two most important etlologic agents of mastitis are __________.
Lactic acid producing bacteria
Staphylococcus dysgalactiae
Streptococcus agaiactiae and Staphylococcus aureaus
Psychrophilic and psychotrophic