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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • 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 __________.






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






3. The major cause of mastitis infections are _____ infections






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 _______.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The feed additive isoacid gives a ______ pound milk response - with maximum response in early lactation.






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






13. As with grade A milk - ______ adopts and enforces regulations to control milk used for the manufacturing of milk products.






14. ___________ is a test for rancidity?






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






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






17. Which of the following statements concerning the daily consumption of a quart of cow's milk is untrue?






18. ______ % of the milk eligible for fluid use is covered by Federal Milk Marketing Orders.






19. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.






20. What vitamin was first discovered in milk fat and is important to eyesight?






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






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?






23. The primary factors influencing per capita cheese demand does not include?






24. The _____ or uniform price is determined by the proportion of the total delivery used in products of these classes.






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 _______.






26. Purple color that results from CMT test is generally more intense in samples from infected quarters - because such samples have a __________pH.






27. The establishment of a Federal milk marketing order is generally initiated by ________.






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.






29. The tilt in the USDA price support for manufactured milk products was recently adjusted to provide...






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






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.






32. An average dairy cow now produces approximately ___ pounds of milk in a 305-day milking period.






33. Milk provides _____and_____ in approximately the same ratio as found in bone.






34. The major reason milk from cows treated with antibiotics must be withheld from the milk supply is because _______.






35. Adulterants of milk that are detrimental to man's health are _____.






36. The two most important diseases of cattle transmissible to man through milk are _______.






37. ______ % of the milk eligible for fluid use is covered by Federal Milk Marketing Orders.






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...






39. Federal Definitions and Standards of Identity specify that Whole Milk contain not less than _____.






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






41. Bangs Disease is another name for _____.






42. Dairy cows need _________ day dry periods for rejuvenation of secretary tissue and restoration of body condition






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.






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.






45. What is not an objective of milk evaluation?






46. The milk fat differential used in paying for raw milk is...






47. Federal Milk Marketing Orders are a mechanism for...






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






49. A _____ is anyone who handles Grade 'A' milk from dairy farmers for distribution to the marketing area.






50. The two most important etlologic agents of mastitis are __________.