Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 31


     
     1        A.  Yes.
     2
     3   Q.   One of them, the last one I believe, actually mentions
     4        cancers generally?
     5        A.  It does mention cancer, yes.
     6
     7   Q.   But not specifically breast and bowel, and the others do
     8        not mention the implication of diet and cancer at all.
     9        A.  Yes.  I assume from the last one, in fact, that is
    10        additional proof for my conclusion that the Plaintiffs are
    11        indeed au fait with the widely accepted connection between
    12        unhealthy diets and the incidence of various forms of
    13        cancers.  That supports my evidence here.
    14
    15   Q.   If they are aware of those links and they are casting
    16        themselves in the role of nutritional advisers, would that
    17        be expected to be manifested some way in their material to
    18        the public?
    19        A.  Yes, of course.  It is highly misleading not to
    20        mention these devastating diseases if you issue a range of
    21        publications about diet and health.  It is fairly obvious
    22        why they are not mentioned, of course, because the
    23        Plaintiffs are not prepared to jeopardise puncturing the
    24        image they have created with a taint of these awful
    25        diseases.  You know -----
    26
    27   Q.   You say they are not under an obligation to advocate a
    28        healthier lifestyle.  What do you mean by that?
    29        A.  This reflects my own personal viewpoint.  I think
    30        people should be free within the widest possible area to
    31        do and to sell whatever they wish to do.  I would not
    32        seek, as some people would do, I suspect, I would not seek
    33        to have some kind of legal ban on the selling of certain
    34        types of high-fat, unhealthy foods, or whatever.  I do not
    35        think that is part of our constitution as a democracy and
    36        as a free country.  I do not feel personally that the
    37        restaurateurs or food merchants are under an obligation to
    38        advocate a healthy lifestyle, but I do feel that if they
    39        are going to sell particularly unhealthy products, that
    40        they have an obligation to receive criticism.
    41
    42        This is actually the only way that things do change, in my
    43        view, that public awareness is fostered and cultivated to
    44        direct pressure upon certain manufacturers to improve
    45        their products.  Now, what we -----
    46
    47   Q.   Can we just -- sorry, to interrupt, but in a paragraph on
    48        page 6 you have already referred to something from 1985
    49        where they -----
    50        A.  Can you tell me which paragraph this is? 
    51 
    52   Q.   On page 6, the second paragraph from the top. 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   The quote "Good nutritious foods", I believe, was from
    56        1985, was it not, when we looked at -- I cannot remember
    57        the exact line it was before; it does not matter, but it
    58        is from your previous testimony.
    59        A.  The phrase repeats itself in several areas.
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