Lab Safety/
Procedures
How well do you know your boss?
In house vs 3rd Party testing
Lab Testing/Product
How well do you know your plant?
100

What does PPE stand for? 

What is Personal Protective Equipment
100

In what state does Rick White live?

What is Texas

100

What is the name of the machine that we use for "quick checks" of our products before running in house testings?

What is a NIR (Near-infrared spectroscopy)

100

Which laboratory test requires an incubation period of 18 hours before transferring samples (in a tub) into a heat block?

What is Salmonella

100
Who is the General Manager of Moss Point?

What is Andy Schmitz

200

When running a moisture sample, How much meal sample do you weight into the aluminum dish (once you TARE your dish)?

What is 2 grams

200

What agricultural product did Seth work for prior to OPI?

What is a Rice Mill 

200

Name the two 3rd party labs that we send out Monthly Check Samples to?

What is Eurofins and Thionville
200

Which laboratory test requires weight rings around the flasks to keep them submerged?

What is Soluble Solids

200

What are 2 lines of defense we have when packaging our product to prevent foreign objects from getting in the meal?

What is shaker screens and magnets

300

Based on our lab procedure manual, what is the suggested amount of time to dry flasks in the oven after evaporating the Ether off of them on the fat extractor? 

What is 10 minutes

300

What prior ingredients in the Pet Food industry did Alba work with?

What is Palatants

Pet food palatants are designed to mimic the sensory experience a dog or cat experiences from their natural food source, mainly meat. This makes pet food more appetizing to pets.

300

What is a frequently requested test by customers that we send out for testing?

What is digest

300

What 3 antioxidants are used at all 3 plants on the meal?

What is BHT, Ethoxyquin, and Naturox

300

Which Plant won "Plant of the year" for 2021?

What is Reedville

400

What does TVN stand for?

What is Total volatile nitrogen (TVN) 


400

How many family members does Bonnie Sanders have working at the factory?

What is 2

400

Name the 5 tests we request our 3rd party lab to test with from our monthly cross check sample?

What is Fat,Moisture,Ash, Protein, Digest

400

Which laboratory test requires 1 mL of Antifoam in the formula?

What is TVN

400

What is the address for our Refinery located in Virginia?

What is 243 Menhaden Road, Reedville Virginia 22539

500

As stated in our Lab Safety presentation.... Name 1 of the 5 types of Biological Hazards mentioned. 

What is Bacteria,Virus,Blood, Tissue and Bodily Fluids

500

What is Melissa's maiden name?

What is VanWitzenburg

500

Which type of meal (BHT, Ethoxyquin,NN) do we send out for PV testing?

What is Natural Nautic

500

Name the 2 most common species of Menhaden (known in the Atlantic and the Gulf)?  

What is Brevoortia Patronus (Gulf) and Brevoortia Tyrannus (Atlantic)

500

Name the 3 types of Omega Grow Solubles that are sold by Omega Protein

What is 3-1-1-,4-1-1, and 5-1-1.

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