2023 Milk Quality Products CDE

What piece of legislation made farmer cooperatives legal?

• Farm Bill

• Sherman Act

• Cooperative Incentive Act

• Capper-Volstead Act

__________ is an inability to break down naturally-occurring milk sugar. Approximately 120 million Americans have this inability, with many million more throughout the world.

• Lactose intolerance

• Diabetes

• Hyperglycemia

• Hypoglycemia

The microbiological standard threshold for pasteurized Grade A milk is ___ bacteria or less per milliliter of milk.

• 20,000
• 50,000

• 100,000

• 750,000

Which of the following is not a teat dip approved for use on farms?

• Chlorhexidine

• Chlorine dioxide

• Formaldehyde

• Peroxide

Which pasteurization method makes milk shelf stable for six months to a year?

• A. Aseptic Processing and Packaging

• B. Vat pasteurization

• C. Ultra-pasteurized (UP)

• D. High-temperature, short-time (HTST)

How many states in the US have dairy farms?

• 50

• 48

• 35

• 25

Somatic cell count (SCC) is a key measure of milk quality, with a SCC not exceeding ________ cells/ml (the EU milk quality standard) generally accepted as the international export standard.

• 20,000

• 40,000

• 400,000

• 750,000

________ continues to be the top seller in the Lactose-free category.

• Almond milk

• Silk milk

• Rice milk

• Milk

The ideal cleaning agent for removing milkstone from equipment surfaces is?

• acidic detergent

• phosphate

• chelating agent

• surfactant

What hormone is naturally released by the cow to stimulate milk let down?

• oxytocin

• progesterone

• estrogen

• adrenaline