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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The 'set aside' of $0.15 per hundred pounds of milk from a milk producer's check is used in programs that support ______.






2. Rubber parts readily absorb ____ and need to be cleaned in an alkaline detergent.






3. Milk is sold in units of _____ by the producer to the handler.






4. Which one of the following is not a cause of mastitis?






5. 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?






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






7. By using a _____ with plastic beads of varying density - nonfat solids in milk can be rapidly estimated






8. 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.






9. The standard plate count (SPC) estimates the total numbers of ____ microorganisms.






10. Quality of grade A milk is...






11. Which of the following is not a part of the establishment of a federal marketing order?






12. 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.






13. 1. Operating cost of Federal orders are paid by ______.






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






15. The absence of _____ and _____ is not an accident - because they would catalyze oxidation - there producing metallic or oxidized flavors






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






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






18. What is not one of the duties of the bulk milk hauler - who plays a critical role in milk handling?






19. What causes flavors in milk such as acid - high acid - or sour milk.






20. The pricing of milk in the United States involves a wide variety of pricing regulations based on public policy decisions - including...






21. The largest percentage of the U.S. milk supply is utilized in the production of ______.






22. _____ and _____ are the two main proteins in milk.






23. The most common off-flavor in milk is __________






24. The ability of lipase in milk to attack milk fat and produce a rancid off flavor is enhanced by what?






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






26. 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 _______.






27. What do milk marketing cooperatives do?






28. Each Federal Milk Marketing order is administered by a representative of the...






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. The pasteurized Milk Ordinance regulates what?






31. A _____ cup is a cup with fine wire mesh on top used to detect the presence of abnormal milk.






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






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






34. Aflatoxins sometimes found in dairy foods are produced by what?






35. ___________ is a test for rancidity?






36. The standard plate count (SPC) estimates the total numbers of ____ microorganisms.






37. Net profit after taxes divided by annual net sales is called ___________.






38. Under federal orders - dairy farmers receive their milk checks?






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






40. Milk is used most often at?






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






42. The USDA established a rule that establishes specific processing requirements for certain cheeses - butter - and butter oil imported from regions in which?






43. Milk covered by Federal milk marketing orders is __________.






44. Class II manufactured dairy products are used in soft manufactured products such as?






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






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






48. University of Wisconsin - Madison dairy foods researchers estimate that the cheese industry loses _________ annually on defects in cheddar - other American - type and Swiss cheeses.






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






50. A _____ cup is a cup with fine wire mesh on top used to detect the presence of abnormal milk.