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     3   Q.   I see, so these are not inconsistent; one is the UK and the
     4        other is Europe?
     5        A.  Yes, the first figure I found out was for UK use and
     6        then the second figure I found out was for European use.
     7
     8   Q.   So this country -- this is sheer arithmetic -- uses just
     9        over a third of the chickens used in Europe, supplied --
    10        I say "this country", I mean McDonald's in this country --
    11        raised by Sun Valley in a year?
    12        A.  That is right, yes -- just over a third.
    13
    14   Q.   Sorry, I meant just over, yes.  My Lord, I am obliged to
    15        Mr. Atkinson who has drawn my attention to the fact that,
    16        though they are not in any of Mr. Kenny's statements, there
    17        are two additional cases referred to in the Particulars of
    18        Defence.  They are at tab 5.  I am asking questions to
    19        which I think but do not know that I know the answer.  I
    20        will, if I may, ask Mr. Kenny about these.  They are on the
    21        first page of the Particulars.
    22
    23   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    24
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  Mr. Kenny, it is alleged that in Knuttsford in
    26        Cheshire in or around 1993, Wing Commander Derek Simmonds
    27        died of food poisoning after eating at the local
    28        McDonald's.  Do you know anything about that incident?
    29        A.  No, I have never heard of that.
    30
    31   Q.   Do you think that if somebody had, indeed, been killed by
    32        the food eaten at McDonald's you would have heard about it?
    33        A.  Definitely, yes.
    34
    35   Q.   In 1993?
    36        A.  Definitely, yes.
    37
    38   Q.   Do you think that is something that the company would have
    39        taken seriously?
    40        A.  Most definitely.  They would have to have taken it
    41        extremely seriously.
    42
    43   Q.   Then it is alleged that in Kendal, which I think is
    44        nowadays in Cumbria, in or around 1993 a case of food
    45        poisoning of a McDonald's customer led to legal action for
    46        compensation.  I am afraid no name is given, nor what the
    47        kind of food poisoning was supposed to have been.  Do you
    48        know anything about that?
    49        A.  No, I have no recollection of that.
    50 
    51   Q.   Never mind cases which are actually established, are cases 
    52        complaint which appear to be serious, rather than trivial 
    53        or a try-on or a fraud, routinely brought to the attention
    54        of your department?
    55        A.  Yes, they are.
    56
    57   Q.   This is my last question before I sit down:  Do you have a
    58        view to what extent, if any, complaints about food
    59        poisoning, foreign bodies, and so on, matters related to
    60        the food which you serve, are made up?  To what extent do

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