Day 089 - 15 Feb 95 - Page 59
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2 Q. Does it occur?
3 A. It is so rare that it is really -- you could say that
4 it is so unlikely that it really is not a consideration.
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6 Q. What sort of automatic cutter do you now use at Sun Valley?
7 A. We have changed the cutter to one that gives a ventral
8 neck cut and severs both the carotid and the jugular on
9 both sides.
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11 Q. The old used not to?
12 A. The old one did a cut on one side only which did not
13 give such an effective bleed.
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15 Q. When did the new one arrive?
16 A. The new ventral neck cutter was delivered about just
17 under a year ago.
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19 Q. Where did it come from?
20 A. From America.
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22 Q. Why did you change?
23 A. We changed because we had been looking for some while
24 for an efficient piece of machinery to do this job because
25 that is one of other codes, one of the other
26 recommendations in the Code of Practice, that you carry out
27 ventral neck cutting, and we have found one eventually made
28 by Simmons in America which does the job.
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30 Q. And that was easily enough fitted into the existing line,
31 was it?
32 A. Yes, it was.
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34 Q. You told us earlier that McDonald's take about a fifth of
35 your business; is that right?
36 A. That is correct.
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38 Q. Do you ever see personnel from McDonald's at your plant?
39 A. Yes, we see them on their regular visits to the plant.
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41 Q. What do you mean by "regular"?
42 A. They come every month or so, maybe one to two months
43 they pay a visit.
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45 Q. What do they look at when they come?
46 A. They visit the slaughter plant, they look at the whole
47 process from stunning through plucking to evisceration to
48 deboning, and they look at the whole process.
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50 Q. What happens if they see something they do not like?
51 A. If they see something they do not like they make it
52 absolutely clear and we would always have a review meeting
53 at the end of the day to go through all the points which
54 they regard as unsatisfactory.
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56 Q. How long might such a visit last?
57 A. Usually it is an all day visit which ends up with a
58 review meeting at the end.
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60 Q. What are the names of the people that you most often see?
