Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 39


     
     1   Q.   What do you mean by that?
     2        A.  Similar things that are applied.
     3
     4   Q.   But not at Tysons and, is it, Cargill -- I cannot remember
     5        the name of the other firm.
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Cargill?
     8
     9   MS. STEEL:   I think there was another firm as well.
    10        A.  There is not a breast comforter like the one you find
    11        at Sun Valley.  They use more of a smaller variation which
    12        is almost like a line.
    13
    14   Q.   Like a wire or something?
    15        A.  A wire?  No, it is made of, I believe, it is plastic,
    16        combination of plastic and cotton.
    17
    18   Q.   Plastic?
    19        A.  And cotton, it is a combination.  I cannot tell you
    20        exactly the raw material.
    21
    22   Q.   Can you explain where this bit of plastic and cotton is?
    23        A.  It is located, when the animals are hung, it is located
    24        so that it makes contact with the breast.  It prevents the
    25        birds from moving when it turns.
    26
    27   Q.   Which slaughterhouses have that?
    28        A.  You asked did Tyson; that is what I answered.
    29
    30   Q.   Tysons have that?
    31        A.  Yes.
    32
    33   Q.   How long have they had that?
    34        A.  I do not know.
    35
    36   Q.   You do not know?
    37        A.  That is what I said.
    38
    39   Q.   What is the purpose of that?
    40        A.  To keep the animals from moving as less as possible,
    41        especially when they turn, when there is a turn.
    42
    43   Q.   What about the other chicken supplier?
    44        A.  Excuse me?
    45
    46   Q.   What about the other chicken supplier -- sorry, can you
    47        remind us of what the name is?
    48        A.  Can you be specific what chicken suppliers where?
    49
    50   Q.   In the US. 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have you seen it anywhere but Tysons, that or 
    53        something similar to it?
    54        A.  I do not recall, no.
    55
    56   MS. STEEL:  No.  Cargill supplies the eggs, yes?
    57        A.  Eggs, yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Right, and Tyson do as well?
    60        A.  Eggs and broilers.

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