Day 112 - 31 Mar 95 - Page 35
1 Re-examination by the Defendants.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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5 MR. MORRIS: If you recall, Mr. Jarrett you said told you that
6 no laboratory tests were done; is that correct?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. If there were tests done, as it appears there may have been
10 now, is there any reason why Mr. Jarrett would want to keep
11 that a secret from an OVS or from you?
12 A. No, not that I know of. The only thing would be
13 commercial secrecy, but I do not see how that would refer
14 to those particular results.
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16 Q. These are not necessarily in any sensible order, but since
17 you left Jarretts have you been offered any position
18 working with abattoirs?
19 A. I was offered a position with the National Meat Hygiene
20 Service as an official veterinary surgeon as well in a
21 similar type of job.
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23 Q. Did that cover abattoirs?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. How many did that cover?
27 A. Well, this particular job I was offered by them would
28 have covered five abattoirs around Reading.
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30 Q. You would have been senior?
31 A. Yes, I would have been the only OVS.
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33 Q. Going back to the boning room, you said you had not seen
34 the boning room documents that have been alleged to have
35 been made ----
36 A. No, I have not seen them.
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38 Q. --- at the time?
39 A. But that would be fairly normal.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Did the supervisors have an office?
42 A. Yes, they did.
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44 Q. What, in the boning room?
45 A. No. It was next to my office, upstairs in the office
46 block.
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48 Q. They had sort of documentation files?
49 A. Yes, I am sure if they had any documentation they would
50 have kept it there.
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52 Q. Tell me about the system? I suppose it is quite possible
53 to have some days when the temperature of the meat is down
54 below 7 degrees as it goes into the boning room and other
55 days when it is not, because it depends entirely on how
56 long the half carcasses are left in the chiller before they
57 are taken out to the boning room?
58 A. Yes, that is right. I would say Mondays would be the
59 days when -- I cannot remember now, I do not have access to
60 the records.
