Day 069 - 19 Dec 94 - Page 29


     
     1        McDonald's finished products.
     2
     3   Q.   Is that just the USA?
     4        A.  For USA, finished products?
     5
     6   Q.   Or the USA?
     7        A.  I am not aware of any product that has been exported
     8        from Coope Montecillos, that is, our products.  They do
     9        have -- that is a division where they export to other
    10        countries,, including the US, but it has nothing to do with
    11        us.
    12
    13   Q.   That would be deboned, would it?
    14        A.  It would be deboned or -- yes.
    15
    16   Q.   Or what?
    17        A.  I do not know.  I have not seen their side of the
    18        business.
    19
    20   MR. MORRIS:   So these deboned, for example, exports, or
    21        non-finished products exports, some of that might actually
    22        end up actually at a McDonald's supplier in another
    23        country?
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Are we still on Coope Montecillos, or
    26        generally?
    27
    28   MR. MORRIS:  Yes, on Coope Montecillos.
    29        A.  I have not seen any evidence to support that.  I am not
    30        aware of any.
    31
    32   Q.   But there is no specification that you have seen which
    33        would prevent a supplier of McDonald's from using beef that
    34        had originated from Coope Montecillos anywhere in the world
    35        apart from, say, the USA?
    36        A.  That is a big question.  That covers a lot, so I must
    37        have to reduce it.  I have not seen any evidence of
    38        finished product.  When you mention Coope Montecillos, it
    39        covers their business that we have nothing to do with that.
    40
    41   Q.   I understand that.
    42        A.  I cannot answer for that side of business.  So you must
    43        be specific.
    44
    45   Q.   What I am saying is non-finished products, not patties?
    46        A.  Yes.  They do not export any non-finished product, any
    47        raw materials, for any supplier of us, that I am aware of
    48        or that I have seen any evidence of that.
    49
    50   Q.   But you have not any policy which would prevent them from 
    51        doing that? 
    52        A.  Why should I have a policy?  No. 
    53
    54   Q.   I do not know.
    55        A.  They have a policy of their side of the business.  It
    56        is up to them.  We do have a policy that we talk to our
    57        suppliers in the US that we only use domestic beef, so that
    58        excludes the US.  We do not limit their suppliers in terms
    59        of where they should buy the meat, unless it follows into
    60        some areas such as the rainforests.  So other than that, we

Prev Next Index