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1 to the Montfort plant, which is pleaded, and the Tyson one
2 in Nashville, which has been mentioned several times. In
3 this country, obviously, there are only eight
4 slaughterhouses -- or however many it was, but it was less
5 than ten -- that supply McDonald's, plus Sun Valley; and
6 relevant audits ought to be disclosed for those companies
7 for 1989 and 1990.
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9 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Thank you.
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11 MS. STEEL: There were the specifications as well.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The specifications?
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15 MS. STEEL: Yes, because Dr. Gomez Gonzalez mentioned that there
16 was something about animal welfare on other pages in the
17 specifications, of the product specifications, the meat
18 specification.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What did that relate to?
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22 MS. STEEL: To animal welfare.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that another document which will be chased
25 up as a result of Dr. Gomez Gonzalez' evidence?
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27 MR. RAMPTON: I am sorry, my Lord?
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29 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The specifications in relation to animal
30 welfare? Can you say specifically what document it was
31 that he referred to?
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33 MS. STEEL: We asked him about the animal welfare -- whether
34 there were any specifications relating to animal welfare in
35 the meat specifications. He looked through them, and he
36 said: "I think they are on another page than the ones you
37 have here; you have not got the whole document."
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He said he thought there was an additional
40 page which referred to the Humane Slaughter Act
41 specifically, rather than what I thought was Food and Drug
42 legislation.
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44 MR. MORRIS: That may have been it.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you remember I made the comment that I
47 thought -----
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49 MR. RAMPTON: Again, I think I know what he is referring to.
50 I think it is already a disclosed document, but I am not
51 sure.
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53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is why I asked you whether that was
54 another of the matters which would be chased up as a result
55 of Dr. Gomez Gonzalez' evidence.
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57 MR. RAMPTON: It is a possible loose end, is all I can say, that
58 must await his return.
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60 MS. STEEL: I do not understand what Mr. Rampton is saying. As
