Direct-Loading Milk Tankers

First Name *

Last Name *

Associated Business *

Hauler Number

Street Address *

City *

State *

Zip Code *

Email Address *

Phone Number *

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Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer for each question.

The sample container should be labeled with which of the following items: *

Date, time, temperature, producer’s identification, route number

Dipstick reading, producer’s number and temperature

Producers number, temperature and date

Producers number, date, time, temperature, and hauler’s identification

Temperature, producer’s number, and hauler’s identification

How should the temperature control or pilot sample be correctly labeled? *

“Temperature control”; “TC”; or “pilot”

Name of farm and “TC”

“Check temperature using this sample”

Producer number, hauler ID, date, time, temperature and “TC”

Which sampling plan provides for one sample that can be used for all laboratory analysis? *

Bulk tank sampling plan

Sanitary sampling plan

Once a month sampling plan

Universal sampling plan

What is the temperature control or pilot sample used for? *

Provide extra milk for testing

Check for antibiotics in the milk

Check the temperature of the milk samples at any time

Determine added water content

Why should all sample containers be filled not to exceed ¾ their capacity? *

Obtain enough milk for testing purposes.

Leave room to agitate the sample before lab testing.

To keep them from spilling

All of the above

Milk samples are required to be kept at what temperature? *

Stored milk samples do not need to be protected against contamination. *

True

False

Tanker agitation can be done by which one of the following methods? *

There is no need for agitation on direct loads

Filtered air supply through the tank washline

Stirring the milk with a dipper

Driving the truck around

All of the Above

Milk sampling and temperture check of the load should be done when: *

While the tank is being filled

When the tank is done filling and properly agitated

Taken out of the milk line inside the milk room before being pumped onto the truck

To determine the quantity of milk in a tanker truck, the tanker must either be weighed on a certified scale and/or the weight must be determined by using a calibrated milk flow meter. *

True

False

It is very important that air supplies for agitation purposes be properly filtered at the point of use with a disposable filter media? *

True

False

A wash tag is to be filled out every time a tanker is cleaned and sanitized but does not need to remain with the milk tanker? *

True

False

Who is responsibility is it to make sure that all direct load tankers have been properly agitated prior to sampling the milk? *

State Inspector

Farm owner

Milk Hauler/Sampler

Field Representative

It is permissible to completely open the manhole lid on top of the milk tanker when loading milk to ensure proper ventilation? *

True

False