FDSC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Pigs make excellent hunters of what human delicacy? - Answers truffels
This state leads the nation in organic food production: - Answers California
What is bST? - Answers bovine somatotropin
What explorer's 13 pigs that he brought to the new world became the breeding stock for today's US
pork industry? - Answers hernando
This organization refutes the "scare tactics" of the organization that publishes the "Dirty Dozen" by
showing how much of a "dirty dozen" product would have to be consumed just to reach the
Acceptable Daily Intake of a pesticide. - Answers alliance food and farming
At the age of 16, Louis Pasteur intended to take on what profession? - Answers painter
The USDA recommends that pork should be cooked to at least what internal temperature? - Answers
145
Anthrax is from the Greek word for coal, and is so named because of: - Answers skin lessions
This British inventor patented the "tin can" in 1810. - Answers Peter
Who awarded a prize of 12,000 francs to the man who invented canning? - Answers Napolean
Bonapart
This author of "Silent Spring" is credited with the global environmental movement and the ultimate
US ban on DDT as a pesticide. - Answers Rachel Carson
The original vaccine for smallpox was developed by: - Answers Edward Jenner
After leaving his first job with the USDA's Biological Survey, what did Clarence Birdseye do for a living
for the next five years? - Answers he became a fur trapper
Freeze drying was first used for preserving blood plasma and penicillin during what war? - Answers
WWII
Louis Pasteur died as a result of: - Answers stroke
The word "vaccine" is derived from the Latin word for: - Answers cow
Who was the first human being to be successfully treated for rabies? - Answers Joseph Meister
What really happened to Old Yeller? - Answers rabies
Pigs wallow in mud...... - Answers cause theyre hot
If animal manure is applied to fields intended for crops for human consumption and is not
incorporated into the soil (plowed in), at least how long before harvest must the manure be applied if
it is NOT composted first? - Answers 120
Big Bill, the world record largest pig weighing in at 2,552 pounds, lived where? - Answers Jackson
Hydrophobia is an old name for: - Answers rabies
Commercial composting is accomplished using either the aerated pile system or what? - Answers
windrow
Why does organic milk typically have a longer shelf-life than traditional milk? - Answers it is ultra
pasteurized
The first freeze-dried food product was: - Answers coffee
Who is the "father of canning?" - Answers Nicholas Appert
A pair of dirty underwear, some wheat grain, and 21 days outdoors is a recipe for what? - Answers
mice
Louis Pasteur discovered a vaccine for what disease as a result of his assistant's carelessness with his
bacterial cultures? - Answers chicken chlorea
These people discovered that foods frozen at high altitudes had better quality after thawing than
foods frozen at lower altitudes. - Answers The incas
After World War II, organo-phosphates that had been used to make nerve gas were used to make: -
Answers pesticides
USDA regulations required that organic cattle have pasture grazing access for the full local growing
season, or for a minimum of how many days? - Answers 120
Organic milk contains higher amounts of what, as a result of cattle grazing on green grass? - Answers
CLA
This Philadelphia tinsmith invented the first commercial, glass canning jar. - Answers Mason
Heating milk at 72°C for 15 seconds, the most commonly used practice in the US today, is referred to
as: - Answers HTST
Who is recognized as the "father of antiseptic surgery"? - Answers Lister
At most, what can be accurately said about a food bearing this logo? - Answers 95
Pigs make excellent hunters of what human delicacy? - Answers truffels
This state leads the nation in organic food production: - Answers California
What is bST? - Answers bovine somatotropin
What explorer's 13 pigs that he brought to the new world became the breeding stock for today's US
pork industry? - Answers hernando
This organization refutes the "scare tactics" of the organization that publishes the "Dirty Dozen" by
showing how much of a "dirty dozen" product would have to be consumed just to reach the
Acceptable Daily Intake of a pesticide. - Answers alliance food and farming
At the age of 16, Louis Pasteur intended to take on what profession? - Answers painter
The USDA recommends that pork should be cooked to at least what internal temperature? - Answers
145
Anthrax is from the Greek word for coal, and is so named because of: - Answers skin lessions
This British inventor patented the "tin can" in 1810. - Answers Peter
Who awarded a prize of 12,000 francs to the man who invented canning? - Answers Napolean
Bonapart
This author of "Silent Spring" is credited with the global environmental movement and the ultimate
US ban on DDT as a pesticide. - Answers Rachel Carson
The original vaccine for smallpox was developed by: - Answers Edward Jenner
After leaving his first job with the USDA's Biological Survey, what did Clarence Birdseye do for a living
for the next five years? - Answers he became a fur trapper
Freeze drying was first used for preserving blood plasma and penicillin during what war? - Answers
WWII
Louis Pasteur died as a result of: - Answers stroke
The word "vaccine" is derived from the Latin word for: - Answers cow
Who was the first human being to be successfully treated for rabies? - Answers Joseph Meister
What really happened to Old Yeller? - Answers rabies
Pigs wallow in mud...... - Answers cause theyre hot
If animal manure is applied to fields intended for crops for human consumption and is not
incorporated into the soil (plowed in), at least how long before harvest must the manure be applied if
it is NOT composted first? - Answers 120
Big Bill, the world record largest pig weighing in at 2,552 pounds, lived where? - Answers Jackson
Hydrophobia is an old name for: - Answers rabies
Commercial composting is accomplished using either the aerated pile system or what? - Answers
windrow
Why does organic milk typically have a longer shelf-life than traditional milk? - Answers it is ultra
pasteurized
The first freeze-dried food product was: - Answers coffee
Who is the "father of canning?" - Answers Nicholas Appert
A pair of dirty underwear, some wheat grain, and 21 days outdoors is a recipe for what? - Answers
mice
Louis Pasteur discovered a vaccine for what disease as a result of his assistant's carelessness with his
bacterial cultures? - Answers chicken chlorea
These people discovered that foods frozen at high altitudes had better quality after thawing than
foods frozen at lower altitudes. - Answers The incas
After World War II, organo-phosphates that had been used to make nerve gas were used to make: -
Answers pesticides
USDA regulations required that organic cattle have pasture grazing access for the full local growing
season, or for a minimum of how many days? - Answers 120
Organic milk contains higher amounts of what, as a result of cattle grazing on green grass? - Answers
CLA
This Philadelphia tinsmith invented the first commercial, glass canning jar. - Answers Mason
Heating milk at 72°C for 15 seconds, the most commonly used practice in the US today, is referred to
as: - Answers HTST
Who is recognized as the "father of antiseptic surgery"? - Answers Lister
At most, what can be accurately said about a food bearing this logo? - Answers 95
