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     1        understand the industry?
     2        A.  I am going to say it again.  I do not know if he was
     3        lying.  I do not know if he knew about the industry
     4        enough.  I do not know if he was intending to sell his
     5        product, which it seems to be the case, to this particular
     6        people that came and told him:  "We want to buy your
     7        product for the food industry."
     8
     9   Q.   The "Jungle Burger" film has caused, or may still be
    10        causing, some controversy, yes, in respect of McDonald's?
    11        A.  In your mind, yes.  In our mind, it does not.  We know
    12        what we do.
    13
    14   Q.   What steps have you been informed the company took after
    15        the film was made and the whole issue of Costa Rica -- does
    16        it export to the USA, et cetera, et cetera -- when you
    17        speak to Mr. Madrigal and Mr. Simmons, what steps did the
    18        company take, I do not mean to stop the film being shown,
    19        but to look into the issues or respond to what was quoted
    20        on the film?
    21        A.  I have mentioned quite extensively all of the research
    22        that I have done on my part.  It is well documented.  I do
    23        not see any need to go over those statements again.  But
    24        I can tell you, again, that we have made every effort to
    25        find the facts.  We have not made any effort to prove
    26        anybody wrong.  We have gone after the facts.  If we had
    27        found any piece of evidence that will indicate that they
    28        did not follow our specifications, we would have taken a
    29        step a long time ago.  We would have taken actions against
    30        that supplier a long time ago.  We would have take actions
    31        all the way to pursue legal actions against them.  They are
    32        still our suppliers.
    33
    34   Q.   So no action was ---
    35        A.  I have nothing else to say.
    36
    37   Q.   -- taken against Coope Montecillos?
    38        A.  Nothing.
    39
    40   Q.   What about the person who was interviewed in the film --
    41        any action taken against him?
    42        A.  You can understand, that was part of his side of the
    43        business.  He never said in that particular part of the
    44        film that we seen that it was for McDonald's purpose.  He
    45        never gave that indication.  How can we pursue and do
    46        something wrong for him?  It was for his side of the
    47        business.
    48
    49   MR. MORRIS:   I am just thinking, because obviously I want to
    50        get this out of the way rather than come back to it. 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you want to show any more of the film? 
    53
    54   MR. MORRIS:  I am quite happy for it to be shown.  I just want
    55        to finish this line of questioning.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  On reflection, I do not think I need to see
    58        any more.  At some stage I may be invited to take the whole
    59        thing away, or at least look again in my own time at that
    60        part.  So we can turn the machine off, can we, at the

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