Day 099 - 08 Mar 95 - Page 50


     
     1        Valley primary processing plants.
     2
     3   Q.   It says there foreign objects, three?
     4        A.  Yes.
     5
     6   Q.   One does not know in what part -- I suppose one cannot tell
     7        from this -- of the meat that was found?
     8        A.  Not from the summary sheet.  You would have to go
     9        deeper and look at the -----
    10
    11   Q.   No, I am not concerned to do that.  Are you satisfied, by
    12        and large, so far as you can be, with Sun Valley's
    13        performance in the removal of foreign objects or foreign
    14        bodies before they reach your customers?
    15        A.  Yes, we have an additional check as well as the visual
    16        check by the meat inspectors which is a bone detector or a
    17        foreign object detector on the finished product.  So, as
    18        far as technology allows, we feel we do the best possible
    19        job that can be done.
    20
    21   Q.   What sort of a instrument is this bone or foreign object
    22        detector?
    23        A.  It is similar actually to the instrument that they have
    24        as you come into the courts, when you put your bag through
    25        the screen, the detector, to see if there is anything
    26        inside your bag.
    27
    28   Q.   You and I are not supposed to know how that works.  Is it a
    29        kind of X-ray machine?
    30        A.  Exactly, yes.
    31
    32   Q.   Would that pick up, therefore, non-metal objects?
    33        A.  Yes.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  We may not be supposed to know how they work,
    36        but if you stand around enough off -- the hoop we cannot
    37        see, that just makes a noise; is that what yours do or do
    38        they do like the bag inspection where you can actually see
    39        what is inside?
    40        A.  There is actually a television screen and it picks up
    41        differences in density, basically, is the way that it
    42        works, so that it will highlight objects that have a
    43        different density to that of the flesh.  So, we eliminate
    44        additional bones that are not picked up through the
    45        inspection process.
    46
    47   MR. RAMPTON:  You say "we" do you mean McDonald's?
    48        A.  No, Sun Valley.
    49
    50   Q.   Is the metal detector a different instrument? 
    51        A.  It is a completely separate instrument, yes. 
    52 
    53   Q.   What is the physics of that?  How does that work?
    54        A.  That picks up -- it works on ferrous and non-ferrous
    55        objects, depending on the sensitivity of the machine.  You
    56        can detect down to different limits of detection.  I think
    57        we work to about one-and-a-half mil.
    58
    59   Q.   But to come back to my original question are you, as far as
    60        you can be, satisfied with Sun Valley's record in picking

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