Day 285 - 23 Oct 96 - Page 36
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2 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it sworn?
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4 MR. RAMPTON: No, it is merely Civil Evidence Act.
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6 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, a signed statement for the purposes of
7 this case, brought by McDonald's. Then obviously we have
8 to assume that he has been told to deny what happened, and
9 basically he has failed to do so and the only conclusion
10 must be that it is because he was telling the truth and
11 that it was fortunately recorded on camera and that he
12 signed a statement at the time verifying that it was his
13 opinion that he gave.
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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17 MR. MORRIS: If I just mention about -- just to go back to
18 Mr. Zamora, that the transcript of his interview is also
19 in a Civil Evidence Act notice statement and he identifies
20 also Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's in North America
21 using Costa Rican beef, exactly the same chains as
22 Mr. Quintana identified.
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24 I use the transcripts of the interviews, not the
25 transcripts from the film. He was not shown on the film.
26 Mr. Wolf did testify. I have not got the reference but I
27 have seen a note made about that. He said that he had
28 been told by Mr. Zamora that Mr. Zamora had refused to
29 even talk to the film director, Peter Heller. We have
30 heard we have got a signed statement from Mr. Zamora about
31 his interview.
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33 The last point on Mr. Wolf is that he was asked about
34 whether Peter Heller had a grudge against McDonald's. In
35 fact, I think you asked him. It was day 227, page 20,
36 line 28. Because he was having a meal with Peter Heller
37 in McDonald's. They were eating a Big Mac each or
38 something or a cheeseburger or something. He was asked:
39 "You cannot really say Peter Heller had a grudge against
40 McDonald's or something, he was eating their food". And
41 he said "correct".
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43 We would say that one word nullified the whole point of
44 the plaintiffs bringing Mr. Wolf over from Costa Rica.
45 Yes, if it is helpful, Mr. Wolf did not claim any
46 expertise regarding vegetation or forests or even on
47 statistics.
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49 I seem to have got bogged down in Costa Rica here. If we
50 go back to the US labelling, all our witnesses on this
51 subject, Douglas Shane, Jim Nations, Charles Secrett, and
52 also Howard Lyman, a very experienced ex cattle rancher
53 from the USA, also said that the US labelling system is
54 completely inadequate and that once imported beef is
55 checked on arrival it goes into the domestic supply and is
56 indistinguishable.
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58 Dr. Gonzalez said on day 69, page 44, line 3, that it is
59 possible that Costa Rica could supply beef to McDonald's
60 US suppliers. Douglas Shane in his statement refers to
