Day 003 - 30 Jun 94 - Page 20


     
     1   Q.   Are there legal requirements as to all of these matters?
              A.  There are.
     2
         Q.   If somebody should step out of line somewhere along the
     3        operation, here or there, the likelihood is that they
              might be prosecuted?
     4        A.  Oh, yes, most definitely.
 
     5   Q.   Can we pass on in the leaflet down the second column and
              get to the box:  "What's your poison?"  Have you got that
     6        one?  It is on the fifth page, left hand column.  Sorry,
              my fault?
     7        A.  "What's your poison?", I have it.
 
     8   Q.   In a box?
              A.  In the box.
     9
         Q.   Ignore the bit about food poisoning because we have dealt
    10        with that and start with the sentence which begins:  "In
              an attempt to counteract"?
    11        A.  "In an attempt to counteract", yes.
 
    12   Q.   "... infection in their animals, farmers routinely inject
              them with doses of antibiotics.  These, in addition to
    13        growth-promoting hormone drugs and pesticide residues in
              their feed, build up in the animals' tissues and can
    14        further damage the health of people on a meat-based
              diet".
    15
              As far as you know, Mr. Preston, does the meat which you
    16        sell contain significant and dangerous amounts of
              anti-biotics, growth promoting hormone drugs or pesticide
    17        residues?
              A.  It does not contain it, no.  They are certificated as
    18        being from the abattoir as being without.
 
    19   Q.   Is that a matter of choice or of obligation?
              A.  It is a matter of?
    20
         Q.   Choice or requirement?
    21        A.  We require it.
 
    22   Q.   Is there a legal requirement?
              A.  There is a legal requirement as well.
    23
         Q.   We pass on to another section of the pamphlet which has to
    24        do with the way in which McDonald's is alleged to treat
              its workers. "What's it like working for McDonald's?"
    25        Mr. Preston, to some extent maybe you have answered that
              already, so I shall not as you again.  It says:  "There 
    26        must be a serious problem; even though 80 per cent of 
              McDonald's workers are part-time, the annual staff 
    27        turnover is 60 per cent".  Ignore the USA; I will ask
              others about that.  Is that a problem?
    28        A.  No, staff turnover at 60 per cent is not a problem.
              It is rather designed into the system.  Many of our
    29        employees, especially the part-time students who are, for
              example, here in London are here to spend three or four
    30        months during their education; they have time to work on
              Saturday or Sunday; they return back to their community or

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