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     1        up foreign objects?
     2        A.  Yes, they have an extremely good record.  We would like
     3        to eliminate them totally but that is the goal we are
     4        working towards.
     5
     6   Q.   So be it.  What about McKey, what is their track record on
     7        picking up foreign objects?
     8        A.  They have three metal detectors throughout the
     9        production process which will eliminate virtually every
    10        metallic object that will come through.  Again, I think the
    11        limit is down to one-and-a-half mil.  They also have a bone
    12        eliminator after the grinding plate which eliminates the
    13        majority of the bone chips.
    14
    15   Q.   Mr. Walker described that as a kind of centrifuge?
    16        A.  Exactly, yes.
    17
    18   Q.   Can you look at the right hand three columns which are
    19        headed temperatures?
    20        A.  Yes.
    21
    22   Q.   I take it we are talking about temperatures there.  Do you
    23        notice they are significantly lower than the figures given
    24        for earlier dates?
    25        A.  They are, yes, they are slightly lower, yes.
    26
    27   Q.   What is the reason for that, do you know?
    28        A.  It would -- it is obviously a continual process.  We
    29        aim to improve on any area of processing that we can.  I am
    30        not sure I can cite a specific reason for this.  Maybe it
    31        is a change in the line, a change in the handling
    32        procedures.
    33
    34   Q.   Can you, please, therefore, now put away this pink file and
    35        just a couple more things in the yellow file.  First of
    36        all, your third appendix tab No. C which is a blank version
    37        of a McKey supplier audit form, meat supply audit form.  Is
    38        that what you have there?
    39        A.  Yes.
    40
    41   Q.   Would you and, if so, in what circumstances would you,
    42        McDonald's, get to see one of these after it had been
    43        completed?
    44        A.  All the completed supplier audit forms from McKey's are
    45        kept on file at McKey's, and they are available for
    46        inspection during any of our visits.
    47
    48   Q.   They do not routinely send them to you?
    49        A.  We do not ask for them to be sent, no.
    50 
    51   Q.   When you, for example, you personally, Keith Kenny, go and 
    52        visit McKey's is this one of the things you look at? 
    53        A.  I have looked at them, yes, from time to time.
    54
    55   Q.   Thank you.  Now please turn to what I hope now is tab I,
    56        your ninth appendix.
    57
    58   MS. STEEL:  What is tab I?
    59
    60   MR. RAMPTON:  It should be called an In-store Food Quality

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