Day 016 - 22 Jul 94 - Page 42
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We will resume at 2.00.
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(Short Adjournment)
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(2.00 pm)
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MR. MORRIS: Could we just have a minute to get our papers in
5 order?
6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
7 MS. STEEL: Going back to food additives?
A. Yes. Can you just tell me where you are, please?
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Q. I am on page 61.
9 A. OK, I am with you.
10 Q. Is says there in the first paragraph, the third sentence:
"If there is a demand for foods which are free of
11 additives or certain categories of additives then these
can be made available."
12 A. Sorry, oh, it is in the middle of the paragraph? Yes,
I have found it.
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Q. There is a demand for food free of additives, is there
14 not?
A. To some extent there is, yes.
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Q. Because I think at the beginning of your statement you
16 actually say that 89 per cent of people agreed with the
statement that there are too many additives in food?
17 A. Can you tell me which page number?
18 Q. That is page 51.
A. Yes, that is right.
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Q. So I think we could fairly, safely assume from that that
20 people would prefer less additives in their food?
A. One needs to be careful between ---
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Q. Certainly some sorts of additives?
22 A. -- the response that one gets to a statement which is
put and what people actually do when they go out into the
23 shops and buy their food.
24 Q. Yes, but that might in part be because a lot of the time
there are not alternatives?
25 A. Yes, I suppose you could say that.
26 Q. Does McDonald's provide, for example, thick shakes made
without the colouring?
27 A. Not that I am aware of. Again we can look at the
details, if you like.
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MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, this is all very interesting, but I am
29 anxious to get on. I do not perceive it to be part of the
case that public opinion is for or against additives. The
30 only relevance of additives to this case is whether they
constitute a hazard to human health in the amounts in
