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     1         "I do not care what it costs.  Our food will be safe".
     2        No, cost has never been an issue.
     3
     4   Q.   Thank you.  Can we now move on to the animals themselves?
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Shall we take our break then, Mr. Rampton?
     7
     8   MR. RAMPTON:   My Lord, yes.
     9
    10                                 (Short Adjournment)
    11
    12   MR. RAMPTON:  Dr. Gonzales, could I ask you please if you would
    13        kindly go to those shelves behind you and retrieve pink
    14        volume with IX on it entitled "Rearing and slaughter".  It
    15        is one of the slimmer ones.
    16        A.  Yes.
    17
    18   Q.   Open it please at the first tab?
    19        A.  The first half?
    20
    21   Q.   The first tab, please, tab 1?
    22        A.  Yes, Animal Welfare?
    23
    24   Q.   Yes, "Animal Welfare and Husbandry, McDonald's position".
    25        You may or may not know, this is a United Kingdom
    26        document.  This is McDonald's in this country.
    27        A.  Yes, I have seen it before.
    28
    29   Q.   It is a statement of their position on animal welfare.  You
    30        have seen it before, have you?
    31        A.  Yes, I have.
    32
    33   Q.   If you flip over the next three pages, you will see
    34        statements of positions of their suppliers on the same
    35        subject.  McKey, Sun Valley, Oasters, and so on.  Can I ask
    36        you this:  Does the Corporation in America publish any
    37        document of this kind?
    38        A.  No, we do not.
    39
    40   Q.   Does the Corporation in America have an attitude or
    41        position in relation to animal welfare?
    42        A.  Yes, we do.  It is part of our specifications that our
    43        suppliers should follow the guidelines set by the Humane
    44        Slaughter Act in the US.
    45
    46   Q.   Does that attitude or position hold good in other parts of
    47        the world?
    48        A.  Yes, it does.
    49
    50   Q.   Do you yourself, that is to say, Fernando Gomez Gonzales, 
    51        do you yourself have views about animal welfare? 
    52        A.  Yes, I do. 
    53
    54   Q.   Do you mind, do you care, about the conditions in which
    55        animals are kept and the manner in which they are
    56        slaughtered?
    57        A.  Yes, I do care.
    58
    59   Q.   From the point of view of the animal?
    60        A.  Yes, that is correct.

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