Milk Quality and Products Career Development Event
This event is open to 4-H and FFA members and is designed to teach youth skills necessary in the dairy foods career area. Youth will identify cheese, off flavors in milk, evaluate ice cream, problem solve, identify milk fat content in products, perform a California Mastitis Test, and will complete a knowledge exam. As a reminder, there are no formalized Area Contest qualifiers required to participate at the state contest for the milk quality and products career development event.
Date of Event: saturday, February 14, 2026
Location: purdue university, west lafayette
Registration Due Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Resources
- National CDE Rules
- National FFA Contest Resources
- Sample Blank Scantron Answer Sheet
- Dairy Foods: Producing the Best
- Dairy Business
- Dairy Products Council Guidelines (must be purchased)
- #17 – Prevention of and Testing for Added Water in Milk
- #21 – Raw Milk Quality Tests
- #24 – Troubleshooting High Bacteria Counts of Raw Milk
- #38 – Preventing Off-Flavors in Milk
- #98 – Milking Procedures for Dairy Cattle
- Pasteurized Milk Ordinance
- Section 1. Definitions
- Section 6. The Examination of Milk and/or Milk Products
- Section 7. Standards for Grade “A” Milk and/or Milk Products
- Item 15p. Protection from Contamination
- Appendix E. Examples of 3-out-of-5 Compliance Enforcement Procedures
- Appendix G. Chemical and Bacteriological Tests
- Appendix K. HACCP Program
- Appendix N. Drug Residue Testing and Farm Surveillance
- Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 133 – Cheeses and Related Cheese Products
- Code of Federal Regulations Title 21, Part 131 – Milk and Cream
- Using the California Mastitis Test
- Sample Contest Materials
- 2022 Exam and Problem Solving
- 2023 Exam and Problem Solving