Day 069 - 19 Dec 94 - Page 38
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2 MR. RAMPTON: No, he did not say. He said he exported to
3 fast-food chains like McDonald's.
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5 MR. MORRIS: All right. Whatever he said, what explanation was
6 given to you?
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He said words to the effect that 70 per cent
9 of what was exported went as industrial meat to food chains
10 like McDonald's and Burger King. I cannot remember whether
11 he then said ----
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13 MR. MORRIS (To the witness): So what explanation was given to
14 you about that?
15 A. There are two explanations.
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17 Q. What was given to you?
18 A. That was given to me?
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20 Q. Yes.
21 A. One is that those people talked to the Ambassador in
22 Germany, told him that we are coming here to see if they
23 could import from Costa Rica. They came into the embassy
24 in Costa Rica. They contacted Arturo Wolf. When they
25 contacted Mr. Arturo Wolf, they gave him the same
26 impression, that they were looking to export product from
27 Costa Rica to Germany, with the intention of using it for
28 fast-food restaurants. You can clearly see during the film
29 that there is some mention directed to the fast-food
30 restaurants, because anybody, any sales person will tell
31 you -- if I am interested in buying this particular
32 cloth -- will tell you that he is that particular piece of
33 cloth, suit, or whatever.
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35 The other explanation is that when they say they export
36 70 per cent for the fast-food industry, that is not
37 possible. Whatever they export, we can only use about --
38 in the US, we use roughly 10 per cent from a carcass,
39 because all of the other cuts are too expensive for us to
40 use. So that, in itself, is a wrong statement. Either he
41 did not know it or he lied.
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43 In other countries that might be different, but in the US
44 that is all we can use; and most people cannot afford all
45 of the food -- the food industry cannot afford the other
46 cuts.
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48 MR. MORRIS: So are you saying that that man, as interviewed
49 there, was lying?
50 A. You heard what I said.
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52 Q. I am just asking you.
53 A. Why are you asking me again?
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55 MR. MORRIS: I wanted to clarify. I did not want to put words
56 into your mouth.
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He said he did not know or he lied.
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60 MR. MORRIS: So he did not know, being that he did not
