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Dairy Foods Industry

Subjects : industries, dairy
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1. 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.






2. The Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO) specifies requirements for the production of Grade A raw milk for pasteurization and is recommended by _________.






3. The fat in one serving of whole milk is (8 ounces) provides _______ calories.






4. Lactose is the principal ________ in milk.






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






6. The most prevalent off flavor of fluid milk is ______.






7. The rules States adopt to govern the production - processing - packaging and storage of Grade A milk are based on ________.






8. __________ is usually the most abundant of the major solid components of milk.






9. Dairy product exports are expected to _______ - according to the U.S. Dairy Council (USDEC).






10. The sediment test is performed by filtering one ____ of milk through a white sediment disc and observing the residue.






11. Three states from a single region of the nation now produce over one-fourth of the U.S. milk supply. These states are...?






12. Milk supplies more than 70% of which vital component of the American diet?






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






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






15. Summer milk has been estimated to contain 1.6 times as much vitamin ____ as winter milk.






16. Which group of flavors cannot be detected by odor?






17. A cheese maker from Netherlands was named World Champion Cheese Maker for his _______ entry which scored 98.48 in the championship judging rounds.






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






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






20. According to Dick Groves the per capita consumption of cheese for the 20th century was a respectable level of ______ pounds.






21. In Federal order markets - milk sold for consumption in fluid form is in __________.






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






23. The dairy product that had the highest percent change in per capita sales with an increase of 13.8% in 2002 was






24. Milk protein contains _____ of the essential amino acids and in appreciable amounts






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






26. Bangs Disease is another name for _____.






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






28. A cheese maker from Netherlands was named World Champion Cheese Maker for his _______ entry which scored 98.48 in the championship judging rounds.






29. Federal Milk Marketing Orders provide or describe...






30. 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 ________.






31. In December 2003 - the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) began airing its 'Happy Cows' television ad campaign nationwide in an effort to build recognition for?






32. The insufficient removal of milk from the milk collection system is called _____.






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






34. The Dairy Herd Improvement Association is a cooperative which provides_______.






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






36. When cows have mastitis - the protein content of milk may be higher - but the cheese yield is lower because of a decrease in _______ protein.






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






38. 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.






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






40. One objective of a federal order is to _______________






41. The antibiotic _____ gives sensitive reaction to a large proportion of the public.






42. With the exception of ________ - all of the following off flavors of milk are caused by bacteria.






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






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






45. 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 __________.






46. The CMT test results that indicate a somatic cell count of 400000 to 1500000 are _____.






47. What do milk marketing cooperatives do?






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






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






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