CLASSIFICATION
This is the practice of moving grazing livestock from pasture in the lowlands during winter & in the highlands during summer.
What is Transhumance?
This compound is bursting with buttery flavor.
What is Diacetyl?
This distribution document acts as a receipt to track all the various important information about a cheese shipment.
What is Bill of Lading?
Those with lactose intolerance lack this enzyme in their digestive system.
What is lactase?
The Pasteurized Milk Ordinance requires raw-milk cheese sold in the US to be stored at 35*F and aged at least this much or longer.
What is 60 days?
Milk from this breed of cow is required to make Comte
What is Montbeliarde?
This defect is named for the a lack of eyes in a cheese intended to have an open texture (i.e. Emmentaler, Jarlsberg)
What is Blind?
ServSafe says...This temperature range is the target refrigeration point for the distribution and storage of cheese.
What is 34-41*F?
This type of wrapping material is best used for storage & display of cheese in cut&wrap stores.
What is Plastic Wrap (or Saran Wrap)?
This set of standards regulates cheeses by type and provides production standards in the USA.
What is CFRs (Code of Federal Regulations)?
In 1925, this became the first name-protected fromage in France.
What is Roquefort?
This term best describes crumbly cheeses.
What is Friable?
This specific temperature is the most ideal for storing cheese.
What is 38*F?
This person is responsible for paying the customs brokers in international cheese shipping.
What is the Importer?
Organic, Animal Welfare Approved, Validus, and Kosher are all examples of this type of regulation.
What is Voluntary Self-Regulation?
In order to classify as a true Gouda, the cheese's FDM must be at least this percentage.
What is 45%?
This mold inhibitor is used in cheese evaluation to avoid cross-contamination and mold growth on cut surfaces.
What is Natamycin?
The fully loaded cost for a product including production, transportation, distributor markups & more is commonly known as this.
What is Freight on Board (FOB) ?
This party is responsible for issuing a recall when the product is made domestically.
What is the Producer?
This U.S. government agency conducts shipment inspections on behalf of the USDA to ensure that required permits and certificates accompany each shipment, and imported cargo may be held until these inspections/tests are completed.
What is Customs & Border Patrol?
Selles sur Cher and Valencay are two AOC goat's milk cheeses from this French region.
What is the Loire Valley.
A meaty flavor indicates this mighty microbe.
What is Methional?
With a USA-regulated maximum allowance of 750,000 cells per mL, this test during milk pickup monitors animal health.
What is Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts?
These four cheeses have production and grading standards set by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.
What are cheddar, colby, monterey, and swiss?
This rule, issued by the FDA as part of the FSMA, is a requirement that importers have a program in place to verify their foreign suppliers are producing food in a manner that is safe & in line with U.S. regulations.
What is Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule?