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     2   Q.   This expresses the Attorneys Generals' (in plural) wishes,
              that is right?
     3        A.    Yes.
 
     4   Q.   "It is our position that firms of quick service restaurant
              oiwners should, at the minimum, do the following:
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              Implement within four months a program for disclosure of
     6        product ingredients and nutrition information
 
     7        (a) the ingredient information disclosed need not go
              beyond those disclosures required under federal guidelines
     8        for package foods, but should follow federal requirements
              in making this disclosure"?
     9        A.    Yes.
 
    10   Q.   Was it McDonald's intention to follow those guidelines?
              A.    Federal guidelines, yes.
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         Q.   Yes?
    12        A.    Yes, of course.
 
    13   Q.   When the booklet was published so far as you were
              concerned as a lawyer, did the booklet conform to federal
    14        requirements?
              A.    Yes, it did.
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         Q.   Then B:  "The nutrition information need not disclose
    16        information on other than calories, proteins,
              carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol and sodium".  Can you turn
    17        back, please, Mr. Horwitz, to 95 which is in tab 5 -- keep
              your finger in the letter from Mr. Van der Kamp, please.
    18        A.    I am at page 95.
 
    19   Q.   This page indicates, does it not, that this document
              certainly pre- dates August 1986, does it not?
    20        A.    Yes, it does.
 
    21
         Q.   At the bottom of the page in the middle box appears in the
    22        sentence:  "McDonald's has additional nutritional
              information available upon request.  Food exchange List
    23        for McDonald's Restaurants (diabetic exchanges)".  For how
              long had McDonald's made specialist information available
    24        for diabetics?
              A.     I do not have the exact years, but it was for a
    25        tremendous amount of time.  It must have been 15 years
              prior to this time. 
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         Q.   Then it says at the second black square, "Calorie, sodium 
    27        and cholesterol content of foods served at McDonald's
              restaurants". Did you telephone or write to the address
    28        below or the number below to get that information?
              A.    That is correct.
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         Q.   "Nutritional analysis by Hazelton Laboratories America,
    30        Inc., Madison, Wisconsin".  We can see if we look at tab
              4C, page 59E  -- I am sorry about this dotting around --

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