Day 309 - 03 Dec 96 - Page 29


     
     1        Professor Jackson.
     2
     3   MR. MORRIS:  Are we on page 4?
     4
     5   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, at the bottom; the numbers are at the
     6        top once you get into this section and it is the dose
     7        dependent, a 100,000 to 100 million.
     8
     9   MR. MORRIS:  That is Dr. North.
    10
    11   MR. RAMPTON:  I am certain it was Dr. North who said that.
    12
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL: Does the same apply on page 6, then, to
    14        E.Coli, and being more vulnerable to heat -- 70 degrees
    15        Centigrade for 15 seconds?
    16
    17   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, those are Dr. North's own figures.  I am
    18        sorry about that.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, it does not matter.
    21
    22   MR. RAMPTON:  So, the statement at the top, at the beginning of
    23        531, not dose dependent: "Often more serious than its
    24        consequences".  I do not know, but that is clear on the
    25        evidence.  It does not very mean very much.
    26
    27   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is probably something, especially in the
    28        light of recent events, which I can take additional
    29        knowledge of.
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  That is right.  Any judge or juror would know
    32        that.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.  One of the things I wanted to remind
    35        myself of, in due course, was the increases in temperature
    36        time or cooking times.
    37
    38   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, I think I have them all here.
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is really page 8 and then on to 9.
    41
    42   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes.
    43
    44   MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have no reason to doubt that the figures are
    45        incorrect, although I want to look back over the evidence,
    46        but the figures at the top of page 9 are nearly three times
    47        as great.  I am just looking at 'flat grill' at the moment,
    48        because the figures on page 8 are flat grill, presumably
    49        -----
    50 
    51   MR. RAMPTON:  No, no, my Lord, they are not.  I am sorry, 
    52        I should have made that clear.  The figures on page 12 of 
    53        pink 10 are, as one can see if one looks at the fuller
    54        version in 10A, for the clam shells.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Right.
    57
    58   MR. RAMPTON:  Double-sided cooking.
    59
    60   MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.  I thought there was something improbable

Prev Next Index