Day 079 - 27 Jan 95 - Page 16
1 absolutely safe for a period of up to six months. The
2 point that I was reading there concerning Preston on
3 19th January, they have not got a record there of the box
4 numbers, that is -----
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6 Q. That is the second part of the paragraph?
7 A. Yes, sir.
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9 MS. STEEL: Do you keep records of where you send your burgers
10 to?
11 A. No.
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13 Q. You do not?
14 A. No, we keep records and we can tell the pallet numbers
15 and the box numbers, and the days that they are sent to the
16 distribution depot. From the time that bulk is broken at
17 the distribution depot, it is not anything to do with
18 McKey. The product is quite safe. I mean, the point here
19 in this paragraph of building up stock, that is of no
20 relevance at all to food safety.
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22 Q. What happens to the burgers when they leave your plant?
23 A. They go to a distribution depot in frozen -----
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25 Q. Is that owned by Golden West or something?
26 A. That is Golden West.
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28 Q. How many of those are there?
29 A. How many what?
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31 Q. Distributions?
32 A. Two.
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34 Q. Where are they?
35 A. Rochdale and Hemel Hempstead.
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37 Q. You keep a record of which burgers you have sent to
38 Rochdale and which you have sent to Hemel Hempstead?
39 A. Yes.
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41 Q. You do?
42 A. Box numbers, yes.
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44 Q. When you say "box numbers" you mean a reference number on a
45 box as opposed to the numbers of boxes?
46 A. A code, our date production code.
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48 Q. Can you turn to page 16? Can you read the first paragraph
49 on that page?
50 A. Yes, I have read it.
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52 Q. Have you ever been made aware of anything of that nature in
53 relation to McDonald's?
54 A. Can you amplify that a little, please?
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56 Q. If that occurred and if it was McDonald's?
57 A. If what occurred?
58
59 Q. In that first paragraph.
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