Day 097 - 06 Mar 95 - Page 69


     
     1        A.  We do, yes.
     2
     3   Q.   Whose lorries does it go in?
     4        A.  Our own.
     5
     6   Q.   Are they refrigerated lorries?
     7        A.  Yes.
     8
     9   Q.   Does somebody check them to see whether or not their
    10        temperature control is working properly?
    11        A.  Yes.  They have temperature monitorings on circular
    12        graphs which log the temperature throughout the journey.
    13
    14   Q.   You say that it leaves the premises at not more than 4
    15        degrees.
    16        A.  Yes.
    17
    18   Q.   Do you check for temperature?
    19        A.  At dispatch, yes.
    20
    21   Q.   It is monitored, is it?
    22        A.  Yes.
    23
    24   Q.   The meat is monitored?
    25        A.  Yes.
    26
    27   Q.   How is that done?
    28        A.  Using an electronic thermometer.
    29
    30   Q.   On the meat?
    31        A.  Yes.
    32
    33   Q.   In the meat, sorry?
    34        A.  Yes.
    35
    36   Q.   So somebody sticks a thermometer into the meat?
    37        A.  Yes, that is right.
    38
    39   Q.   How often is it found, if ever, I do not know, that it has
    40        crept a bit over 4 degrees?
    41        A.  On occasion it happens it needs to be chilled, you
    42        know.  It is a got a graphical reduction in temperature
    43        throughout the process obviously.
    44
    45   Q.   I will go back in the process in a moment, but suppose on
    46        loading or whatever it is, point of departure, it is found
    47        that a piece of meat was 4.5 degrees instead of 4?
    48        A.  How often does that happen?
    49
    50   Q.   Yes, how often does that happen? 
    51        A.  Occasionally. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Does matter if it is an occasional 4.5 degrees from the
    54        food safety point of view?
    55        A.  We would not dispatch.
    56
    57   Q.   You would not send it anyway?
    58        A.  It would be rejected if it got there.
    59
    60   Q.   Working backwards in the process, it is at 4 degrees or

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