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     1        the source is of your information.  Do you have any
     2        foundation for that statement and if so what?
     3        A.  Not beyond what I have said, no.
     4
     5   MR. MORRIS:  It is just something that you have heard?
     6        A.  No, I have never seen any before.
     7
     8   Q.   It is based on your personal experience of not seeing
     9        physically any other guides in other stores?
    10        A.  That is right.
    11
    12   MR. RAMPTON:  If Mr. Morris is going to suggest that there was
    13        some predecessor -----
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Let us just wait and see.  He has established
    16        the basis of it.
    17
    18   MR. MORRIS:  A lot of McDonald's witnesses have said this but
    19        no-one has produced any evidence on it as yet.
    20
    21   MR. RAMPTON:  It is not capable of being contradicted then, is
    22        it?
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS (To the witness):  So when you went on to say:
    25         "These nutrition guides were introduced in the UK in about
    26        1984", if it is based upon that first sentence, "nutrition
    27        guides which are available in all stores and which give
    28        nutritional information and a complete list of ingredients
    29        used in the food we serve", you can revise that now to be
    30        1989, yes, was the first time you had leaflets available in
    31        stores with actual ingredients in?
    32        A.  Yes, nutritional information in 1984, ingredients in
    33        1989.
    34
    35   Q.   So what I am saying is, that based upon your statement
    36        there, do you know for certain that there were no other
    37        stores before 1989 giving nutritional information and
    38        ingredients?
    39        A.  Not for certain.  I believe in one of the leaflets the
    40        foreword was written by Paul Preston which said that we
    41        were one of the first companies to produce this information
    42        for our customers, and it would be good if other companies
    43        could follow suit.  Now, nobody has ever contradicted that
    44        statement.
    45
    46   MS. STEEL:   Have you still got that Nutrition Guide open?
    47        A.  Volume VI?
    48
    49   Q.   Yes.  The one we were looking at just a moment ago?
    50        A.  Yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   You were asked about getting advice from, I think it was, 
    53        the British Nutrition Foundation and the British Diabetic
    54        Association, yes, you remember that?
    55        A.  I am sorry, I was asked what?
    56
    57   Q.   The British Nutrition Foundation, you were asked about it
    58        during your examination in-chief?
    59        A.  Yes.
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