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     1        many will you find it necessary to dispose of in this way?
     2        A.  Well, really, the numbers are very small and probably
     3        in the range of 200 or 300 at the most.
     4
     5   Q.   Is that something like or just over one in 1,000?
     6        A.  Yes.
     7
     8   Q.   The method you use is which?
     9        A.  The method we use is as laid down in the MAFF codes of
    10        practice which is to use carbon dioxide in a sealed
    11        chamber.
    12
    13   Q.   Can you, please, retrieve from behind you -- more footwork,
    14        I am afraid -- an orange volume V, Dr. Gregory's references
    15        to rearing and slaughter?  Do you have that?
    16        A.  Yes.
    17
    18   Q.   Please turn to tab G which is MAFF's Code of
    19        Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock, Domestic
    20        Fowls?
    21        A.  Yes.
    22
    23   Q.   We see that it is originally published in 1987 and
    24        reprinted in 1990?
    25        A.  Yes.
    26
    27   Q.   Have you been familiar with this document or something like
    28        it throughout your time at Sun Valley?
    29        A.  Yes, I have.  This is the standard code of practice
    30        which we use.
    31
    32   Q.   Some of these guidelines are derived from statutory
    33        legislation and, therefore, have the force of law; is that
    34        right?
    35        A.  That is correct.
    36
    37   Q.   But the majority of them have not?
    38        A.  That is correct.
    39
    40   Q.   Do you know by what route or method these recommendations
    41        are devised or conceived?
    42        A.  The code of recommendations, for example, the latest
    43        one, as you said, published in 1992 came from Farm Animal
    44        Welfare Council and this original one, I believe, was
    45        probably as a result of deliberations at Farm Animal
    46        Welfare Council.
    47
    48   Q.   Can you turn, please, I am afraid it was originally an A5
    49        document and so you have to turn it sideways, if you would
    50        like to look at the paragraph numbers, that is probably the 
    51        easiest way, paragraph 55 which is on the right-hand page 
    52        which has "11" at the bottom?  There should be a bold black 
    53        heading:  "Disposal of unwanted chicks and hatchery waste"?
    54        A.  Yes.
    55
    56   Q.   Paragraph 55 says:  "Unwanted chicks awaiting slaughter
    57        should be treated as humanely as those intended for
    58        retention or sale"?
    59        A.  Yes.
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