Day 105 - 16 Mar 95 - Page 44


     
     1        expected situation?
     2        A.  Yes.
     3
     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You only write if there is something that has
     5        attracted your attention?
     6        A.  Yes, indeed.
     7
     8   MR. MORRIS:  So, a certain amount of blood clots, faecal
     9        contamination and rusts specks would be expected, but if it
    10        was an abnormal amount it would be noted as a defect?
    11
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  No.  Where have you got that from,
    13        Mr. Morris?
    14
    15   MR. MORRIS:  From what the witness says.  The witness said that
    16        if there was something abnormal.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Would faecal contamination be abnormal?
    19        A.  It would indeed, my Lord, and he would be expected to
    20        note it and take some action because faecal contamination
    21        is very important.  We cannot write the whole textbook on a
    22        simple check sheet.  We are talking about very skilled,
    23        experienced men.  Faecal contamination, for example, is
    24        more important than slightly excessive blood clots.
    25
    26   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  So, for example, I am trying establish this.
    27        Blood clots, for example, would be expected to find some
    28        blood clots during the day; it is only if it was an
    29        excessive amount it would be noted?
    30        A.  If it was excessive to the extent that it would affect
    31        the specification and the general quality of the product,
    32        yes.
    33
    34   MS. STEEL:  There is only one of these charts for each month; is
    35        that something that is part of the HACCP thing, that you
    36        check that once a month?
    37        A.  No.  These are specimen charts that Jarretts have seen
    38        fit to produce.  These are daily checks.
    39
    40   Q.   They are daily checks?
    41        A.  Yes.
    42
    43   Q.   Have you seen all the other days?
    44        A.  I have looked at the days for the period covered by
    45        Ms. Hovi's statement.  I have had a general look at the
    46        rest of them.  I was not carrying out a detailed audit of
    47        the system.
    48
    49   Q.   Do you know why Jarretts did not provide all the documents
    50        relevant to the period when Ms. Hovi was in employment? 
    51        A.  I cannot speak for their decision.  I am aware that 
    52        they are not the Plaintiffs or the Defendant in the case 
    53        and have been involved through McKey's and, so far as I am
    54        aware, they considered that the documents they have
    55        submitted are sufficient to illustrate the procedures
    56        carried out in their plant.
    57
    58   MR. MORRIS:  You see, did you notice a feature of these
    59        documents, that quite a few of these documents seem to be
    60        filled in all in one go, so to speak, and if they are

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