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     1        requirements.  They do respond in as much as they know
     2        consumers want to eat healthily, so they say these are
     3        healthy products.  That is their response. It is a highly
     4        cynical response, and, in my view, it is totally
     5        unethical.
     6
     7   Q.   You did not say, but I will refer you to another bit which
     8        you may not have seen; have you seen this document before?
     9        A.  I have briefly, yes.  I picked one up at McDonald's
    10        actually very recently in Baker Street.
    11
    12   Q.   Did you pick up any ingredients booklet as well when you
    13        went to that store?
    14        A.  Can you show me one?  I have so many documents from --
    15        no, I have seen that, but -- no, it is a large fold-out.
    16        No, it was not available in the various McDonald's I have
    17        been to.
    18
    19   Q.   How many McDonald's have you been to?
    20        A.  Over the past few weeks I would say half a dozen or
    21        so.
    22
    23   Q.   Has that document been ----?
    24        A.  No, I have never seen that.
    25
    26   Q.  - at McDonald's stores?
    27        A.  Never distributed at McDonald's stores.
    28
    29   Q.   Were there any ingredients information in those stores?
    30        A.  No, this is the only document that refers to an
    31        analysis, which is another way of saying ingredients, of
    32        course, but what you specifically mean is the type of food
    33        that goes to make a McDonald's product.  No.  I did make
    34        enquiries.  I did ask at the counter at Baker Street,
    35        McDonald's, as well about one particular product that is
    36        being very heavily promoted at the moment called a Mega
    37        Mac.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:  I am not sure that is in the bundle actually.
    40
    41   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  If there is a spare one, I would like a copy
    42        of that as well.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  It is the only one we have; they are quite
    45        difficult to get hold of.
    46
    47   MS. STEEL:  We can get copies made, but maybe the Plaintiffs
    48        have some.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are they readily available? 
    51 
    52   MR. RAMPTON:  I do not know what it is. 
    53
    54   MS. STEEL:  "McDonald's Nutritional Information".
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  I have something called that, my Lord, at tab 7,
    57        bundle VI.
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is June 1993.
    60

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