Day 066 - 14 Dec 94 - Page 45


     
     1        exports; their beef and their chickens seem to be local?
     2        A.  That is correct.
     3
     4   Q.   There is, however, some kosher slaughtering if you look at
     5        the bottom at the beef column?
     6        A.  Yes, but it is not for us.
     7
     8   Q.   Not for you, no.  Can I ask you this:  Sometimes one sees
     9        that the cattle are slaughtered by a religious method, it
    10        might be Kosher, it might be Halal, but not the chickens.
    11        Is there a reason for that?
    12        A.  The chickens too.
    13
    14   Q.   If they are?
    15        A.  But you are right, that there is a tendency to
    16        concentrate more on beef.
    17
    18   Q.   On the beef?
    19        A.  Yes, that is more traditional.
    20
    21   Q.   The next one is to your own country, I think, Mexico, is it
    22        not?
    23        A.  That is correct.
    24
    25   Q.   One sees that some of their beef is imported from other
    26        countries, some of it is local, USA and Australia.  Then
    27        one sees in "product exported to", "Mexico", that is
    28        merely, is it, a repetition of the assertion that the
    29        Mexicans in that particular supplier got their beef from
    30        the USA?
    31        A.  That is correct.
    32
    33   Q.   Do some of these -- it appears that they do -- USA
    34        companies, Montfort, Excel, AMM Australia, have actual
    35        plants or establishments in Mexico?
    36        A.  No, they do not.
    37
    38   Q.   They do not?
    39        A.  No.  They are the plants approved by the United States
    40        Department of Agriculture, but in this case we buy the raw
    41        materials from Australia or the US and they are processed
    42        in Mexico, and we buy a small proportion of our beef from
    43        local sources to develop again at the industry.
    44
    45   Q.   So the slaughtering details recorded here must come from
    46        Australia or the USA?
    47        A.  That is correct -- with the exception of what is
    48        referred to as Ugasa which is a local producer in Mexico.
    49
    50   Q.   Then if you look at the last two pages, the pork and the 
    51        chickens all seem to be local, do they not? 
    52        A.  There is a small production of pork and chicken in 
    53        Mexico.  We are now currently, with the opening of the
    54        borders with NAFTA coming into play, we are importing
    55        chicken products from the US.
    56
    57   Q.   If you turn to the next one which is R, El Salvador, one
    58        notices that the product supplier in El Salvador seems to
    59        get his beef from Guatemala?
    60        A.  It is beef, oh, at that time?

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