Day 069 - 19 Dec 94 - Page 56
1 A. Yes, I have.
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3 Q. Have you been to the feed lots?
4 A. Yes, I have.
5
6 Q. McDonald's receive beef supplies from Elders IXL; is that
7 right?
8 A. XL?
9
10 Q. IXL?
11 A. In Australia?
12
13 Q. Yes.
14 A. McDonald's has a supplier, a patty manufacturing
15 supplier, in Australia called F. J. Walker. He has
16 suppliers that have been selected, have been developed, and
17 the major supplier is a company called AMH.
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19 Q. AMH?
20 A. AMH, yes.
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22 Q. Who are the other suppliers?
23 A. There is a number of them. I do not remember at this
24 time. But there are probably ten, 15 different suppliers.
25
26 Q. Do you know of a feed lot called Beef City in Queensland?
27 A. I have been in Queensland. I have been to some feed
28 lots in Queensland. I do not remember the names, to be
29 honest.
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31 Q. Have you been to a feed lot in Tawoomba, Queensland?
32 A. Yes, I have.
33
34 Q. But you do not remember what that one is called?
35 A. No, I do not remember, but I have been there.
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37 Q. Do you remember whether it was owned by a company called
38 Elders IXL?
39 A. Probably. We visited, I went there on a specific trip,
40 a very intense trip. We visit a lot of suppliers. We met
41 with the leaders in the government regarding agriculture,
42 as well as we met with the leaders in the Cattlemen
43 Association, Trade Association, the Research Association.
44 It was a very intensive trip. As you will understand, it
45 is difficult to answer.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The question was: do you remember whether it
48 was owned by a company called Elders IXL?
49 A. No. It could very well possibly be. There is not a
50 whole lot of feed lots in that area. So I would assume it
51 has.
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53 MS. STEEL: What was the purpose of that trip?
54 A. The purpose is part of McDonald's has a global beef
55 team that has representatives from the different zones,
56 from Europe to Latin America, to Asia, the US,
57 North America; and we were looking at some of those
58 members. I am the only member who provides some technical
59 expertise. We have members that are from finance, from our
60 areas of purchasing and QA. We wanted to give an exposure
