Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 31
1 A. Yes.
2
3 Q. One of them, the last one I believe, actually mentions
4 cancers generally?
5 A. It does mention cancer, yes.
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7 Q. But not specifically breast and bowel, and the others do
8 not mention the implication of diet and cancer at all.
9 A. Yes. I assume from the last one, in fact, that is
10 additional proof for my conclusion that the Plaintiffs are
11 indeed au fait with the widely accepted connection between
12 unhealthy diets and the incidence of various forms of
13 cancers. That supports my evidence here.
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15 Q. If they are aware of those links and they are casting
16 themselves in the role of nutritional advisers, would that
17 be expected to be manifested some way in their material to
18 the public?
19 A. Yes, of course. It is highly misleading not to
20 mention these devastating diseases if you issue a range of
21 publications about diet and health. It is fairly obvious
22 why they are not mentioned, of course, because the
23 Plaintiffs are not prepared to jeopardise puncturing the
24 image they have created with a taint of these awful
25 diseases. You know -----
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27 Q. You say they are not under an obligation to advocate a
28 healthier lifestyle. What do you mean by that?
29 A. This reflects my own personal viewpoint. I think
30 people should be free within the widest possible area to
31 do and to sell whatever they wish to do. I would not
32 seek, as some people would do, I suspect, I would not seek
33 to have some kind of legal ban on the selling of certain
34 types of high-fat, unhealthy foods, or whatever. I do not
35 think that is part of our constitution as a democracy and
36 as a free country. I do not feel personally that the
37 restaurateurs or food merchants are under an obligation to
38 advocate a healthy lifestyle, but I do feel that if they
39 are going to sell particularly unhealthy products, that
40 they have an obligation to receive criticism.
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42 This is actually the only way that things do change, in my
43 view, that public awareness is fostered and cultivated to
44 direct pressure upon certain manufacturers to improve
45 their products. Now, what we -----
46
47 Q. Can we just -- sorry, to interrupt, but in a paragraph on
48 page 6 you have already referred to something from 1985
49 where they -----
50 A. Can you tell me which paragraph this is?
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52 Q. On page 6, the second paragraph from the top.
53 A. Yes.
54
55 Q. The quote "Good nutritious foods", I believe, was from
56 1985, was it not, when we looked at -- I cannot remember
57 the exact line it was before; it does not matter, but it
58 is from your previous testimony.
59 A. The phrase repeats itself in several areas.
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