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	Sign-In  Register            Dairy Foods The Dairy Foods Career Development Event (CDE) is a statewide contest held in September in which a 4 person team must evaluate milk and cheese.  It has recently been renamed as the Milk Quality and Products CDE.  This contest is open to every FFA chapter in the State of Tennessee.   The following is from the CDE Handbook:  The purpose of the Milk Quality and Products Career Development Event is to promote practical learning activities in milk quality and dairy products, as well as assisting students in developing team decision-making skills. The focus of the Milk Quality and Products Career Development Event is raw milk quality, federal milk marketing orders and attributes of selected milk products. The four general areas that contribute to milk quality and consumer demand are milk production, milk quality and safety, milk processing or manufacturing, and raw milk marketing. This event consists of the following components: INDIVIDUAL  A. Milk Flavor Identification and Evaluation B. Identification of Cheeses C. Milk Fat Content of Fresh Milk Products D. Written Exam Each of the four team members will complete the four components of this event and then all four individual scores are added together to get the team total. SCORING SECTION                                             POINTS  Milk Flavor Identification and Evaluation  480 (120 x 4) Identification of Cheeses                        80 (20 x 4) Milk Fat Content of Fresh Milk Products   60 (15 x 4) Written Exam                                       200 (50 x 4) TOTAL:  820