Day 094 - 01 Mar 95 - Page 51
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2 Q. How often does that take place, what percentage of the meat
3 would that affect?
4 A. A very small percentage. It is in the single digits --
5 not very often.
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: But are you saying the whole carcass is
8 rejected then?
9 A. No, no, only the parts that are contaminated are
10 rejected.
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12 Q. So if there is a spill, that part of the carcass is
13 separated from the rest, you say, and is condemned?
14 A. That is correct. If there is a significant portion can
15 be trimmed off -- I mean, I am sorry, if it is a small
16 portion it can be trimmed off. If it is a larger portion,
17 the carcass is separated and it is tagged by the inspector
18 and separated from the line.
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20 Q. So the whole carcass is condemned?
21 A. No, then they go into better detail, but just to keep
22 -- they take it out of the chain.
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24 MS. STEEL: So parts of it could still be used once it is
25 checked?
26 A. That is correct.
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28 Q. The following paragraph, that is the second paragraph on
29 the right-hand side, can you read that?
30 A. The one that starts with "two additional workers" ---
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32 Q. Yes?
33 A. -- "at the plant confirmed the story"?
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35 Q. Yes. If you just read it to yourself?
36 A. Yes.
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38 Q. Have you seen that happening?
39 A. No.
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41 Q. Are you aware of it happening at any of your suppliers?
42 A. What do you mean by "our suppliers"?
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44 Q. Any of the abattoirs that supply raw materials that are
45 used by McDonald's?
46 A. Well, let me tell you how this statement should be, the
47 right procedure. They do not punch a hole. They carve
48 outside and they take -----
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50 Q. "Carve outside", sorry, can you just explain that?
51 A. They cut outside of the anus and pull out the intestine
52 and then they tie a knot. They do not punch a hole in the
53 anus. That is an incorrect statement. Now, if -- yes,
54 that is it.
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56 Q. Have you ever seen faeces on the table?
57 A. Yes, I have.
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59 Q. Have you seen a problem with the line going through so fast
60 that the meat goes through to the edible section?
