Day 086 - 09 Feb 95 - Page 52
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2 Q. Or some other -----
3 A. David Wignall formally undertook to go and look at the
4 operations side. It was between David Wignall and the QA
5 department, normally Keith, that would look into alleged
6 food poisoning incidents.
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8 Q. You do not get involved with that now?
9 A. I may well do since David no longer is doing that job.
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11 Q. But you have not done in the last six months since you have
12 taken over this job?
13 A. No, David Wignall ceased doing his job last Friday.
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15 Q. Last Friday?
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. Did he leave the Company?
19 A. He left the Company.
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21 Q. I thought you took over his job six months ago?
22 A. No, I took my current job six months ago. David
23 Wignall worked for me. He was in the training department
24 and then about four months ago came to work directly for me
25 in the Operations Development department. I was promoted
26 six months ago to assume responsibility for the Health and
27 Safety Department, Training, Operations Development and
28 Customer Services.
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30 Q. So has anyone taken over Mr. Wignall's job?
31 A. His job, his responsibilities have been split. Jill
32 Barnes now has the food safety aspect of David's job, which
33 is formulating Company food safety policy, dealing with
34 Environmental Health Officers on food safety issues, really
35 focuses health, safety and hygiene in a department.
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37 Q. Who deals with the rest of his job?
38 A. The replacement is, his direct replacement -- he was in
39 Operations Development with responsibility for food
40 safety. Within that there is the liaison with
41 Environmental Health Officers and the policy formulation.
42 There is also a great deal of project work, looking at how
43 we can better improve our food safety systems, better hand
44 washing procedures and things in general. Project work
45 falls under the Operations Development department. Jill
46 Barnes has taken over the Environmental Health liaison. We
47 find it is much better because she did that under health
48 and safety so the Environmental Health Officers just have
49 one point of contact which is her and her department on any
50 issue whatsoever.
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52 Q. Are you aware of incidents where McDonald's has been fined
53 for selling under-cooked products?
54 A. No.
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56 Q. You are not aware of them. Are you aware of an incident a
57 couple of months ago where the customer was sold McNuggets,
58 Chicken McNuggets, containing salmonella?
59 A. I am not aware of that, maybe if you gave me more
60 details?
