Day 094 - 01 Mar 95 - Page 55
1 Q. Is it correct that the speed of the production line has
2 increased over the last 10, 15 years?
3 A. I do not know for sure but it probably has, yes. It is
4 better equipment nowadays. There is a lot more automated
5 equipment.
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7 Q. Is it fairly standard for floors to be covered in blood and
8 off-cuts of meat and faeces?
9 A. No.
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11 Q. What about any of those things?
12 A. No, it is not common. Can you find it once in a while
13 -- yes, you can find it. But to say that they are
14 covered, absolutely not. Is it common -- no.
15
16 Q. What about patchy, then, there are patches of blood and
17 off-cuts and faeces on the floor, that would not be
18 unusual?
19 A. That would be unusual. The only part where you can
20 find some blood is during the evisceration, sorry, during
21 the bleeding part, there you will see some blood. Once you
22 take the blood out of the animal that is it.
23
24 Q. What about when the degutting is done, the degutting is
25 done?
26 A. No. By that time the animal is bled you will see a
27 little bit of blood, a few drops that are still there, but
28 the animal, once it is stopped, the heart stops pumping,
29 you are not going to get a lot more blood out of it.
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31 Q. On the actual individual lines, would it be fairly standard
32 for carcasses to move, pass around about one every 12
33 seconds?
34 A. Yes.
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36 Q. Have you ever seen hydraulic fluid leaking from machines
37 and dripping on the meat?
38 A. No, I have not.
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40 Q. Are you aware of that happening in any of the other plants
41 that you have not visited?
42 A. I have not seen it. No.
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44 Q. Have you ever seen a problem with flying cockroaches?
45 A. No.
46
47 Q. Were you aware of any problem to the Montfort plant that
48 you have not visited, of them having a problem with flying
49 cockroaches they have not been able to control for a number
50 of years?
51 A. No, I have not.
52
53 Q. Would it concern you if that was the case?
54 A. Yes, it would concern me. I do not know to what extent
55 the problem is. You investigate for insects that are even
56 outside of the premises of the facilities.
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58 Q. If the flying cockroaches were landing on the meat, would
59 that be something that would cause you to terminate that
60 company as a supplier?
