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1 that meant it was something that was asked, so I do not
2 know whether that meant the Nuggets themselves or the lumps
3 of meat that go to make the Nuggets.
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know the answer to that?
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7 MR. MORRIS: Well, the impression I got is that it was one in
8 four of the samples, therefore one in four by extension of
9 the whole.
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11 MS. STEEL: I do not know what size the sample was, if that is
12 what you were asking.
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. The question is whether Mr. North
15 actually -- could you just ask him? Why not have Mr. North
16 come and sit behind you?
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18 MR. MORRIS: He has to leave in five minutes.
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20 MS. STEEL: The question was asked about the meat. Mr. North
21 asked about what the extrapolated figures were for the
22 salmonella contamination of the meat, so I presume it is
23 the meat before -- the test before the Nuggets themselves
24 are made, but it is likely to be the same as for the
25 Nuggets anyway.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The meat ground down or whatever they do to
28 it but before actually formed?
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30 MS. STEEL: Stripped off of the bones and all that kind of thing
31 I think, before the actual Nuggets are formed.
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33 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I doubt it is something that Professor
34 Jackson can deal with anyway. It is very helpful so far as
35 it because goes it means that at least we know precisely
36 what it is we are supposed to ask Sun Valley.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Very well.
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40 MS. STEEL: I think we did cover it in that way anyway this
41 morning.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Very well. You need not ask any more about
44 it. Is there anything further you wish to ask Professor
45 Jackson?
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47 MS. STEEL: Yes, there is. What is a more common cause of food
48 poisoning? Is it campylobacter or is it salmonella?
49 A. I think at the present time campylobacter accounts for
50 more cases.
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52 Q. Exactly what effect does that have on humans?
53 A. What are the symptoms?
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55 Q. Yes.
56 A. Basically, the same as most other food poisoning:
57 diarrhoea, sickness.
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59 Q. What do you know about the transmission of campylobacter?
60 A. That it can be spread by food.
