Day 095 - 02 Mar 95 - Page 46
1 A. OK.
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3 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Would it be fair to say that the United
4 States is very much the lion's share, that Canada and
5 Mexico would be very, very much smaller than the United
6 States?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. In proportion?
10 A. That is correct.
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12 MR. MORRIS: I have not got your statement in the right order,
13 but if you quickly go to your second supplementary
14 statement, No. 3 ----
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16 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The second supplementary? It is tab 4.
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18 MR. MORRIS: Yes, tab 4.
19 A. Yes.
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21 Q. Page 2, the second paragraph in the middle it refers to
22 Mr. McDonald developed by Tysons. "It was developed in
23 order to improve the yield of boneless meat"?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. Is that correct?
27 A. That is correct.
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29 Q. If we move on -- I am sorry for dodging about like this --
30 I think it is your first statement, internal page 3.
31 A. I am sorry, can I just ask you a question? We went
32 from world production of beef now to chickens.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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36 MR. MORRIS: We are dodging around.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is tidying up, so we are going to a number
39 of different topics, not necessarily related to each
40 other. Look at your first statement at tab 2 please.
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42 MR. MORRIS: It should be page 35 in the bundle.
43 A. Yes.
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45 Q. You have got that. At the bottom of the first paragraph,
46 the top paragraph, yes, the last sentence, "The overriding
47 concern when raising chickens or pigs is to get them to a
48 specified weight as quickly and efficiently as possible,
49 and obviously the more comfortable their surroundings the
50 more they eat, the quicker they reach the desired weight."
51 You confirm that?
52 A. I am not going to confirm anything that is not here,
53 yes.
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55 Q. I am just saying I have to do it because ----
56 A. Yes.
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58 Q. --- otherwise it has not been said. One point on the next
59 page. It says at the bottom of paragraph 9 that bruised
60 meat will not be purchased, so it is counter-productive to
