Texas FFA CDE Flashcards
Approximately ______ percent of today’s youth consume the recommended amount of dairy products.
*A 30
Milk marketed as low-fat milk has no more than _______ percent milk fat
*A 1
Pasteurization is the process of heating every particle of milk and milk product to the minimum required
__________ and holding it continuously for the minimum required ___________ in equipment that is
properly designed and operated.
*C temperature and time
Yogurt is manufactured from fresh, whole, low-fat or skim milk that is heated before fermentation.
Federal standards require yogurt to have a minimum of ______ percent fat.
*D 3.25
The absence of ____________ in milk is not an accident, since they would catalyze oxidation, producing
metallic or oxidized flavors
*A iron and copper
New food plate guidelines recommended servings of dairy products per day?
*B 3
Demand for dairy products is typically the lowest in the __________.
*A summer
One mechanism used by the USDA to remove surplus dairy products from the supply is the
____________________ which subsidize manufacturers who sell overseas at a loss.
*A Dairy Export Incentive Program
The total dollars a dairy has in assets divided by the number of cows determines the
__________________.
*B total investment per cow
According to the Food & Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, all people need at least
__________ milligrams of calcium per day
*B 1,000
The hormone oxytocin is released by the ___________ gland. This release stimulates the mammary
gland.
*C pituitary
The ability of lipase to attack milk fat and produce a rancid off-flavor is enhanced by
___________________.
*B excessive agitation of warm raw milk
Chemical sanitizers containing ____________ are most widely used for sanitizing milking equipment.
*D chlorine
Rubber parts readily absorb ____________ and need to be cleaned in an alkaline detergent
*B milk fat
The practice that distributes milk payments among the producers within a specific Federal Milk
Marketing Order is called _______________.
*A pool pricing
Summer milk has been estimated to contain 1.6 times as much vitamin ______ as winter milk
*B A
Fluid milk use per person has reached its lowest level since tracking began in 1909. Currently
__________ pounds of fluid milk are currently used per person per year.
*B 201
. There are _____________________ Federal Milk Marketing Order in the United States.
*C ten
The microbiological standard for Grade A raw milk from a single producer is ____________ bacteria per
millimeter of milk prior to co-mingling with milk from other producers.
*C 100,000
Rules developed by the—– ___________ are designed to protect the health and welfare of consumers.
*B Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The current U.S. per capita consumption of milk is approximately ________ gallons per year
*A 20
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) is the ________________ program that aims to strengthen and
stabilize milk prices by balancing supply and demand.
*C farmer-funded
- By regulation, milk from cows treated with antibiotics usually must be withheld for __________ hours.
*A 48-72
- The standard plate count (SPC) is an estimate of the total number of ________________ microorganisms.
*B aerobic
- The largest exported U.S. dairy product by total volume is __________.
*C dry whey
- The milk fat differential used in paying for raw milk is _____________________________.
*A the price to be added or subtracted per .1 percent of milk fat above or below a set percentage
To properly sanitize milk lines and equipment, water must be circulated in place (CIP) at a minimum
temperature of ________ for least 5 minutes.
*C 77 degrees C (170 degrees F)
The largest percentage of the United States milk supply is utilized in the production of ______________.
*A cheese
The traditional method of pricing milk uses a milk fat differential of .1 percent from a base of ______ percent milk fat
*A 3.50
- A California Mastitis Test (CMT) test requires a sample of ______ cc¶s of milk.
*A 2
- Since 1984, when President Ronald Reagan proclaimed a National Ice Cream Month, it has been
celebrated annually in _____________.
*B July
- A mixture of milk and cream containing minimum of 10.5 percent fat and a maximum of 18 percent fat is
______________.
*A half-and-half cream
- The state which is usually the leader in milk production per cow per year is ____________.
*A New Mexico
- The ____________ legislation made farm cooperatives legal.
*D Capper-Volstead Act
n ________ the Capper-Volstead Act gave cooperatives the right and power to organize producers of a
farm commodity.
*B 1929
- The average per capita consumption per year of _____________ is about 32 pounds.
*B cheese
- An example of an unripen variety of cheese is _______________.
*A cream
- The highest price for milk is paid in the _______ region of the United States
*C southeast
- Protein and amino acids go hand in hand since __________________________.
*B amino acids are the building blocks of protein
- A milking machine applies a ____________ to the end of the teat to remove milk.
*D vacuum
