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1 increases and then what Mr. Wignall was saying later on it
2 was increased further.
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4 MS. STEEL: When was it increased further then?
5 A. I do not know.
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7 Q. Was it increased further?
8 A. It was increased further.
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10 Q. If we look at pink volume 8B ----
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12 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, I will lend your Lordship
13 Mrs. Brinley-Codd's.
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15 MS. STEEL: Page 499.
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17 MR. RAMPTON: Could I have a tab?
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19 MS. STEEL: Tab 17B and it is about five pages in. This is the
20 Quality Reference Guide for 1992.
21 A. Yes, I have the Reference Guide 1992.
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23 Q. On page 499 the cooking times are the same as the Quality
24 Reference Guide for 1991?
25 A. Yes.
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27 Q. So are you saying that the further increase in cooking
28 temperature occurred after 1992?
29 A. A further increase occurred after 1992.
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31 Q. What is the current time then?
32 A. Quarter ones. We have changed our criteria slightly,
33 in that now the cooking time is the temperature at which
34 gives you 70 degrees centigrade internal meat. So instead
35 of checking the times you set at whatever temperature does
36 that when you do the checks, but our guide remains at 40 to
37 44 seconds for 10-1 meat and off the top my head I believe
38 it is 119 to 123 as the range for 4-1 meat on clamshell
39 grills.
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41 Q. That was introduced to ensure that the internal temperature
42 was reaching 70 degrees?
43 A. No, it was not. The internal temperature was achieving
44 70 degrees before. This was just -- the clamshell grills
45 here we had a different model that came in, from model 11
46 we went to a model 12 and 15. I think in the barrel
47 testing there we that felt we could increase the
48 temperature without compromising the quality. I was not
49 involved in the changes to these times, so my recollections
50 may be slightly foggy.
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52 Q. But that would have been within the last couple of years
53 then?
54 A. I believe the 4-1 change was within the last couple of
55 years.
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57 Q. The 10-1 has remained the same?
58 A. Yes. I am getting a bit confused with various books
59 here, but if it was the same in 1992 as it is in the
60 current one then, yes.
