Day 148 - 05 Jul 95 - Page 51
1 MS. STEEL: I think she was probably just trying to be helpful
2 and give some kind of explanation to the results of the
3 swab tests in response to the document that the Plaintiffs
4 had produced. They could have explained the results in any
5 way they saw fit if they wanted to. This was something
6 that was -- when the Bristol Food Laboratory tests were
7 disclosed, again Mr. Bone could have made a statement
8 explaining the results of the tests and why it was that
9 they had so many Ds and Es, that there was not any problem
10 with Ds and Es, everything was still OK and everything was
11 in good condition; there was absolutely nothing to stop him
12 doing that. That would have been the correct procedure
13 rather than waiting for our witness to give her evidence
14 and then trying to get this in as a claim to rebuttal.
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16 Just on the -----
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can I just say that I only want to sit until
19 about five past four tonight because I have another
20 engagement. If you can finish the question of Ms. Hovi and
21 Mr. Bone tonight, well and good, and then we will call it a
22 day and adjourn until tomorrow, which will leave you the
23 question of recall of Mrs. Barnes and any matters which
24 fall under your miscellaneous, "Any Other Business" head.
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26 MS. STEEL: The mince meat shift, again, that comes up here in
27 paragraph 37 of Mr. Bone's statement. Again, I mentioned
28 this earlier, that Ms. Hovi brought this up in response to
29 Mr. Bennett saying, on day 104 page 20, that the places
30 were cleaned after the evening shift; the premises were
31 cleaned after the evening shift.
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33 MR. MORRIS: That was line 13 on day 20 -- on page 20. Point
34 38, whether the local authority was aware or unaware of the
35 mince shifts; he says he is not entirely clear what the
36 significance of this is and, to be honest, I am not
37 entirely clear what the significance is. I do not think it
38 is significant in terms of what is relevant in this case.
39 So that is not relevant.
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41 Whether the boning room supervisor (this is point 39 on
42 page 21) had an office next to the OVS. I cannot really
43 see if that is materially going to affect the matters in
44 this case. The line speed, 40, is raised in her statement
45 about the over-capacity which can only mean the line speed,
46 and I think from my recollection it is the first bullet
47 point under 7. "The slaughterhouse and cutting premises
48 operated with considerable over-capacity, causing the meat
49 to be cut and dispatched at temperatures higher than
50 required," because of the speed that things are moving
51 obviously. Well, it could only mean the speed. We asked
52 Mr. Bennett about this in any case, and I am sure he gave
53 evidence, I cannot remember where it was.
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55 MS. STEEL: Mr. Bennett gave evidence on Day 105, page 13, line
56 45 about what he considered was the throughput at Jarretts.
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58 MR. MORRIS: Point 41, which is put down as a new point, whether
59 sheep were being slaughtered in significant numbers or not,
60 I cannot really see if that is a relevant point. I am
