Day 079 - 27 Jan 95 - Page 38
1 A. Five.
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3 Q. Five. When you were giving evidence-in-chief you said:
4 "Two samples will be collected from each delivery upon
5 arrival and total viable counts carried out". You said
6 that was right?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. Is it two or five or is that something different?
10 A. Five.
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12 Q. It is five. It says two in the specifications, does it
13 not?
14 A. Yes, but it is now five.
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16 Q. So when did that come in?
17 A. Last year.
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19 Q. When abouts last year?
20 A. June.
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22 Q. For how long had it been two?
23 A. Since, well, since 1978, I would think.
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25 Q. Can I just ask if the meat is rejected as "unsatisfactory",
26 does it get sent back to the suppliers or is it just thrown
27 away or what?
28 A. No, you have to -- "unsatisfactory" does not mean that
29 it is condemnable; it means it is unsatisfactory.
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31 Q. Right -- for what?
32 A. Well, as a standard, it is unsatisfactory. It does not
33 mean that it is bad or smelling or "off". It just means it
34 is unsatisfactory by McDonald's standards.
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36 Q. So what happens to it?
37 A. As I said, I think, in my evidence yesterday, we
38 publish a league table and if someone is bottom of that
39 table twice and they cannot correct the situation, they are
40 taken off our supply list.
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42 Q. But what actually happens to the combo of meat that is
43 unsatisfactory?
44 A. Well, the combo of meat by then has been manufactured.
45 Bacteriology takes 24, 48 hours.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I think what is being asked: The
48 bacterial analysis, is that the core analysis or is that a
49 swab analysis?
50 A. That is the core, sir. The meat is taken out in a
51 core. It is emulsified to make sure you have got a very
52 good distribution.
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54 Q. I understand that, so by that time ---
55 A. By that time the meat has gone through.
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57 Q. -- yes, and the refrigerated lorry has gone away?
58 A. Absolutely, sir.
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60 Q. What happens to it if it is unsatisfactory which means that
