Day 095 - 02 Mar 95 - Page 57
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2 Q. Then you will see that in the letter from Monfort to
3 Keystone -- are Keystone direct suppliers of McDonald's?
4 A. Yes, they are.
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6 Q. Monfort are suppliers of meat to Keystone, is that right?
7 A. Yes, they are.
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9 Q. You will see in the first paragraph the writer, Paul
10 Clayton, says that: "A copy of the recommended animal
11 handling guidelines for meat patties published by the
12 American Meat Institute is also enclosed. Our company
13 practices those handling techniques in addition to our
14 tailored welfare policy." If you go past the documents
15 marked "Confidential" you come I think to that document?
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. Is that document recommended animal handling guidelines for
19 meat packers a document with which you are familiar?
20 A. Yes, it is.
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22 Q. Are you confident that Monfort does in practice use these
23 animal welfare policies?
24 A. Yes, I am.
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26 Q. I am trying to be as orderly as I can but, largely
27 speaking, re-examination follows the scheme of
28 cross-examination.
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30 MR. MORRIS: Is it appropriate like the last one when the
31 witness has already said he had not visited Monfort?
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33 MR. RAMPTON: He said he had not visited Montfort plant at Grand
34 Island.
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36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Have you visited other Monfort plants?
37 A. I have visited their corporate offices. I have visited
38 some plants, but not with McDonald's, where I was before
39 McDonald's, but with McDonald's have I visited some plants,
40 I do not remember. I might have but I do not remember the
41 specific plant. I have worked quite extensively with Paul
42 Clayton who is named in this document.
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44 MR. RAMPTON: I am moving on a little bit. I apologise for
45 that, Dr. Gomez Gonzalez. Let me ask you this. You test
46 for E.coli?
47 A. Yes, we do.
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49 Q. Or your suppliers do. I think you told us yesterday or the
50 day before or the day before that that your tests had not
51 found it very often?
52 A. That is correct.
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54 Q. Have you any rough idea of how often it has been found
55 since the testing started?
56 A. It is definitely less than 1 per cent.
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58 Q. Mr. David Walker when he gave evidence told us that since
59 they started testing in 1990 in fact -- not 1991 -- they at
60 McKeys had found it once, one of their suppliers had found
