Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 44
1 welfare?
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3 MS. STEEL: It does not have anything to do with animal welfare?
4 A. I am not sure of what -- when you say the "welfare" you
5 specify -- what I have understood you only concentrate on
6 the handling, but the cleanliness, for instance, of the
7 trucks, the cages which is also, in my opinion, falls into
8 the welfare of the animal, it is specified.
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10 Q. That is cleanliness of those things?
11 A. Yes, it is part of the welfare of the animals because
12 the animals are there.
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14 Q. There are no specific regulations about welfare?
15 A. I told you there are and I mentioned which ones they
16 are.
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18 Q. The ones for cleanliness?
19 A. Yes, they are.
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21 Q. Just the ones for cleanliness?
22 A. The ones that I am familiar with, yes. If I remember
23 correctly, I have not seen the regulations, but I remember
24 that there is a, what I have been told -- I have not
25 confirmed the regulations again -- there is a requirement
26 that the animal must be able, if it is stunned, to come
27 back to consciousness within a minute.
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29 Q. Chickens?
30 A. Chickens if left -- broilers if left, just as a means
31 of testing the equipment.
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33 Q. Do you know what that regulation is in?
34 A. I do not. I just told you, I do not know. I have not
35 seen it in the regulation. I have been told about it.
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37 Q. You have never seen it anywhere written?
38 A. That is what I have said.
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40 Q. Of course, you would be familiar with the laws of the
41 United States in relation to slaughter practices?
42 A. I am familiar. I do not know exactly, nobody in this
43 world knows exactly every word that there is in the
44 regulations. I am very familiar with the intent of the
45 regulations.
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47 Q. I actually forgot to ask yesterday: Are the lights left on
48 round the clock in the broiler sheds?
49 A. Are the lights?
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51 Q. 24 hours a day?
52 A. In the US at Tysons, do you mean?
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54 Q. Yes.
55 A. I do not know if they are left 24 hours a day.
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57 Q. You do not know?
58 A. No.
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60 Q. If the ammonia levels were high in a broilers shed, what
