Day 188 - 15 Nov 95 - Page 46
1 your notes?
2 A. Yes.
3
4 Q. This and the succeeding page -- and this is not
5 verbatim -----
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7 MR. MORRIS: 13?
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9 MR. RAMPTON: 13 and 14. I think I recall you saying this
10 morning these were your subjective thoughts about
11 McDonald's; is that right?
12 A. Yes.
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14 Q. Did you pass these to the producer?
15 A. Yes, I would have passed those to the producer at the
16 end of the observation period and when we were talking
17 about what we should actually be filming.
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19 Q. Would it be unfair if I characterised these notes as some
20 political manifesto?
21 A. I think it would be extremely unfair, actually.
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23 Q. All right. Then we will have to have a look at them.
24 First paragraph:
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26 "McDonald's sell hamburgers. They sell process meat
27 patties with sufficient fat content to enable them to cook
28 in their own fat. They sell them on buns with a high sugar
29 content which will enable the buns to caramellise or burn
30 under the toasters rather than be really toasted. They
31 sell them with sauces containing God knows how many
32 preservatives, Es etcetera, and with lettuce containing 18
33 chemicals to preserve its crispness."
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35 What is the matter with Es?
36 A. Some Es are perfectly acceptable; other Es are put in
37 and may be potentially damaging to people's health.
38
39 Q. Do you know what the E numbers represent?
40 A. They represent additives.
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42 Q. Do you know why it is an E number?
43 A. No, I do not particularly.
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45 Q. You do not know, then, that it is a substance which has
46 been approved by the European Communities Committee on the
47 toxicity of the use in food?
48 A. Yes.
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50 Q. You do know?
51 A. I would not have been able to give the precise
52 definition, but I know that they are additives which have
53 been approved.
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55 Q. Where did you get the idea that McDonald's lettuce contains
56 18 chemicals to preserve its crispness?
57 A. I was told that by a member of the McDonald's Company,
58 I think Paul Hickling, actually. We were talking about the
59 whole process of it. I think he told me that.
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