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1 much further. I think what I will do is I will hand that
2 back and if I need to look at more of it on another
3 occasion I will. You think you have asked what you want
4 to?
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6 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you want to ask anything, Ms. Steel, in
9 addition?
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11 MS. STEEL: No.
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13 Cross-Examined by Mr. Rampton
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15 Q. Dr. Barnard, we will come back to that World Health
16 Organisation study in due course. We will be looking at
17 the text of it in rather more detail than we have so far.
18 Can I read you again a passage which you have just looked
19 at from a McDonald's document distributed or available to
20 the public in 1985?
21 A. This is the one that I just ------
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23 Q. You have just looked at it. I can tell you where you can
24 find it if you would like to have it in front of you.
25 Would you like to have it?
26 A. Yes, thank you.
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28 Q. Look for the pink volume with the large Roman VI.
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30 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Look behind you.
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32 MR. RAMPTON: Behind you in the shelves with "Nutrition" on it.
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34 MR. MORRIS: Can I ask one question? Mr. Rampton said the
35 document was available to members of public. Has he any
36 evidence to show that before it is taken as granted?
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38 MR. RAMPTON: I expect we will have to prove it.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: If it is in issue, then he may have to call
41 evidence before I accept that.
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43 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. (To the witness): Dr. Barnard, then please
44 turn to section 5?
45 A. Yes.
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47 Q. Sideways document at the bottom of the page, you will see
48 "51" has been stamped?
49 A. Sorry, page 51?
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51 Q. Yes, if you turn the document in the normal way, you will
52 find a page 51 stamped at the bottom?
53 A. OK. This is the page we were referring to?
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55 Q. This is the page we looked at a moment ago. In the
56 left-hand column above the box: "In recent years, doctors
57 and nutritionists have also become aware of other
58 important factors in healthy eating. There is a
59 considerable amount of evidence to suggest that many of
60 the diseases which are more common in the western affluent
