Day 168 - 03 Oct 95 - Page 57


     
     1        is that correct?
     2        A.  I would say they are being repaired more frequently
     3        than.  They are replacing parts a little more frequently
     4        than that.
     5
     6   Q.   What, once a week?
     7        A.  About once every fortnight when they went wrong.
     8
     9   Q.   He says they were tripping out as often as two or three
    10        times a week?
    11        A.  I do not -- does he mean they are tripping out as a
    12        part of the RCD circuit, or does he mean that there was a
    13        specific problem with that chicken vat itself two or three
    14        times a week?  I do not -- you see, is my recollection
    15        there was a problem with that particular vat, on a control
    16        board on that particular vat, about once a fortnight.
    17
    18   Q.   OK.
    19
    20   MR. RAMPTON:  No, my Lord, it is not OK, with respect.
    21        Mr. Morris has not put the one allegation in all of the
    22        stuff about chicken vats that really matters, and that is
    23        where it affected the quality of the products.
    24
    25   MR. MORRIS:  When either the chicken vats or the grills tripped
    26        out or had a problem where they were not heating up
    27        properly, or whatever, if the food had gone through to the
    28        customers -----
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Why not put it as it actually is?
    31
    32   MR. MORRIS:  I am first trying to establish --
    33        (To the witness):  Some food would be obviously contained
    34        in the vats or in the grills which was a problem, yes?
    35        A.  If there was a problem on the grills, say, and there
    36        was a problem with the RCDs and you were cooking meat, then
    37        you would just take the meat off and throw it away.
    38
    39   Q.   What you are saying is that it would have affected
    40        customers if it had not been immediately noticed and
    41        stopped?
    42        A.  Well, yes, like thrown away.
    43
    44   Q.   Right.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  How many Chicken McNuggetts do you have in a
    47        vat at a time or, rather, are there -- you will have to
    48        remind me -- the other chicken patties?
    49        A.  You have 12 chicken patties or about 45 Chicken
    50        McNuggetts in a vat at a time. 
    51 
    52   MR. MORRIS:  The complaints customers made about once a week 
    53        about undercooked products -- we will have to wait until we
    54        get the documents -- did you get any -- I will save it
    55        until we get the documents.
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You had better wait and see what the document
    58        said because Mr. Logan says they did not fill out incident
    59        report forms over undercooked products anyway, so we will
    60        just have to see.

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