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1 McKey's plants in Milton Keynes?
2 A. Yes, I have.
3
4 Q. Are the practices and procedures which you have said there
5 at the McKey's plant satisfactory to you?
6 A. Yes, they do.
7
8 Q. So in all significant respects, would the situation be
9 roughly the same in America as in the McKey's plant in the
10 UK?
11 A. In terms of suppliers?
12
13 Q. No, in terms of we are talking about mainly about hygiene
14 and contamination issues, bacterial matters, checks and
15 procedures to deal with a certain possible risk of food
16 poisoning, and all that kind of stuff. Is the McKey's
17 plants, in your opinion, you know, a model of a good
18 quality plant?
19 A. Yes, I would put them there.
20
21 Q. Are the same checks and procedures generally followed in
22 all important respects the same as in the US ---
23 A. No.
24
25 Q. -- hamburger supply plants?
26 A. Not necessarily, no. What we look for is a quality
27 assurance, a quality assurance programme. We do not
28 describe in detail what they should test for, how they
29 should test for. All we describe is that they should be
30 approved by McDonald's. That could be McDonald's UK or
31 McDonald's Corporation. And the programme is what
32 specifications it has in the programme is in consultation
33 with Quality Assurance department that it developed.
34
35 Q. So what are you saying? Are you saying that you may
36 generally approve -- how many beef products supply plants
37 do you have in the USA, actual plants?
38 A. Five.
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40 Q. Five. I think we have got the names of them somewhere.
41 Can you just say what they are?
42 A. Yes, OSI, OSI Industries; Keystone Foods; PABST; Normac
43 and Golden State Foods. The OSI Industry has two plants.
44
45 Q. The abattoirs that supply them, I mean, do each of those
46 take from dozens of abattoirs around those regions where
47 they are based?
48 A. Dozens, each one probably it is little higher number.
49 We use, say, if you combine these five companies, we use
50 about 50 to 70 different suppliers.
51
52 Q. For each of those?
53 A. No, no, total for the five suppliers, so.
54
55 Q. So you have about 70 abattoirs, 60, 70 abattoirs?
56 A. That is correct.
57
58 Q. That supply those plants?
59
60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: For the whole five altogether?
