Day 061 - 05 Dec 94 - Page 44
1 business.
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3 Q. You mean the processing end?
4 A. No, I mean the production end because only part of
5 production is processing.
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7 Q. What do you mean by "production" then?
8 A. From receival of the birds, through slaughter,
9 evisceration and then the products get or the meat gets
10 transferred to the primary processing part of the business.
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12 Q. What animal welfare checks are made for the other side of
13 the business then, the beef and the pork side?
14 A. From McDonald's?
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16 Q. Yes.
17 A. We are really not very much involved. I would say she
18 probably visits slaughtering of beef and pork no more than
19 two or three times a year. It would not be much more than
20 that.
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22 Q. Does she ever visit the farms?
23 A. No, no, not for beef or pork. That is the role of the
24 supplier on both counts.
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26 Q. That would be McKey's responsibility?
27 A. That is right, and also the visits to the abattoir
28 would be McKey.
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30 Q. Sorry?
31 A. The visits to the abattoirs would be also be McKey's
32 responsibility.
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34 Q. Right.
35 A. If Mrs. Crawford goes, it is because she has an
36 interest in what is going on.
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38 Q. What, a personal interest as opposed to a professional
39 concern?
40 A. I think a personal and professional. As I explained to
41 you last week, personally she does take animal welfare very
42 seriously indeed, so it is both personal and professional.
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44 Q. Is she more concerned about the welfare of chickens than
45 the welfare of pigs and cows?
46 A. I have never asked her to be sure, so I do not know the
47 answer to that.
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49 Q. What monitoring do you do of agro-chemical policies?
50 A. We do not directly.
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52 Q. You do not?
53 A. No.
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55 Q. It says here: "McDonald's will monitor agro-chemical
56 policies and suppliers"?
57 A. Well, it is through the suppliers.
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59 Q. Right. So who does that then?
60 A. Who does that through the suppliers?
