Day 068 - 16 Dec 94 - Page 57


     
     1   Q.   So that Australian plant exports to Japan, USA and Taiwan?
     2        A.  That is correct.  As far as I can know, that is
     3        correct.  I have not been in that -- that plant is only a
     4        slaughterhouse.
     5
     6   Q.   It is a slaughterhouse?
     7        A.  That is correct.
     8
     9   Q.   It is actually meat?
    10        A.  Beef, yes.
    11
    12   Q.   So, in this case are they saying they export to McDonald's
    13        in Japan, USA and Taiwan?
    14        A.  No, I am sorry, that is the other possibility, that
    15        sometimes we have problems with language, so they probably
    16        misunderstood, the product is imported into Taiwan from
    17        those countries, the finished product could be -- that
    18        could change.
    19
    20   Q.   Surely, it has got to be where the slaughterhouse exports
    21        to, has it not, to Japan, USA and Taiwan, product exported
    22        to?
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He said there is a difficulty with language.
    25        You are quite right, it would have to be, if the question
    26        were properly understood and accurately answered, but are
    27        you suggesting, for instance, that beef goes from Taiwan to
    28        the USA?
    29
    30   MR. MORRIS:  It looks to me as if the Australian plant is
    31        supplying Japan, USA and Taiwan with beef -- are they?
    32        A.  I do not know.  What they say, the raw materials from
    33        that particular slaughterhouse are exported to Japan, USA
    34        and Taiwan.  It is very common for their suppliers in
    35        Australia to export to those countries raw materials only.
    36        That particular slaughterhouse does not, has not exported
    37        product to McDonald's in any of those countries, finished
    38        product.
    39
    40   Q.   But it does export to McDonald's in Japan and Taiwan?
    41        A.  It exports only raw materials.  They do not have
    42        facilities to make beef patties.
    43
    44   Q.   You have been in Australia, yes?
    45        A.  Yes, I have.
    46
    47   Q.   Do they export to other countries as well, not to
    48        McDonald's, but do they export to other countries?
    49        A.  Yes, Australia is in the top one or two exporters of --
    50        I think it is the largest exporters of beef in the world. 
    51 
    52   Q.   So Latchley Meats, do they export to many countries 
    53        themselves?
    54        A.  That is correct.
    55
    56   Q.   Five or six or ten or something?
    57        A.  More than that, that is correct.
    58
    59   Q.   More than that.  So who filled out this form?
    60        A.  It should have been the -- here it is, it is in the

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