Distribution, Transportation, and Storage

Question 1

Bill of Lading

Answer 1

A document of title of goods, transferable by endorsement, and is a receipt from shipping company regarding the number of packages with a particular weight and markings and a contract for the transportation of same to a port of destination mentioned therein

Question 2

Bonded Warehouse

Answer 2

A secured facility where product goes after entering the country until it is released from the customs process

Question 3

Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts (BTSCCs)

Answer 3

An analysis of white blood cells and other cells in raw milk. This test is used to determine milk quality and the health of the animals that produced the milk

Question 4

Cold Chain

Answer 4

An uninterrupted series of temperature-controlled storage and distribution points

Question 5

Common Carriers

Answer 5

People or companies that transport goods for another party

Question 6

Consolidator

Answer 6

A person or company that will put orders together and transport products to an exporter

Question 7

Container

Answer 7

Standardized reusable steel box used for transfer of goods among various forms of transportation (ship, rail, truck)

Question 8

Cost

Answer 8

Total amount of money it takes to get product to a seller

Question 9

Customs Broker

Answer 9

Company that gets product through customs barriers by performing administrative tasks such as paper work and tax payment

Question 10

Do No Harm

Answer 10

Best practices that ensure the integrity of the product during transport

Question 11

Exporter

Answer 11

A company that ships product to another country

Question 12

Farmstead

Answer 12

Small production cheese produced using traditional methods using milk of animals raised on the cheesemaking premises

Question 13

Freight Company

Answer 13

A company that moves cargo from one place to another by air, road, sea, or rail

Question 14

Freight on Board or Free on Board (FOB)

Answer 14

A document that specifies which party (buyer or seller) pays for which shipment and loading costs, and/or where responsibility for the goods is transferred

Question 15

Import Licenses

Answer 15

Document issued by a national government authorizing the importation of certain goods into its territory. Considered to be non-tariff barriers to trade when used as a way to discriminate against another country’s goods in order to protect a domestic industry from foreign competition

Question 16

Importer Margin

Answer 16

The amount of your price that is profit –amount of money you’ll actually make off a product expressed in dollars or percent

Question 17

Markup

Answer 17

a percent increase in price relative to cost

Question 18

Mastitis

Answer 18

Milk stasis, non-infections, or infections inflammation and abscess.

Question 19

Port strikes

Answer 19

Work stoppage at a port of entry that delays the transfer of product

Question 20

Price

Answer 20

Amount paid retail for the product by the customer

Question 21

Temperature recorder

Answer 21

Thermometer that travels with the cheese to track cold chain by recording temperature during transit

Question 22

Relative pricing

Answer 22

Price of a commodity, such as a good or service in terms of another; ratio of two prices