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     1        aiming at".  You might have a document which is really
     2        aimed at trying to impress the public how snowy white you
     3        are in these regards, or the document might be a
     4        combination of the two.
     5
     6   MS. STEEL:   You have not seen this document before?
     7        A.  Not set out as it is set out in here, no.  I have seen
     8        the individual statements before.
     9
    10   Q.   Repeated elsewhere?
    11        A.  Yes.
    12
    13   Q.   In public documents?
    14        A.  Some of them, yes, not all.
    15
    16   Q.   Possibly with the exception of the section on battery
    17        chickens, for example?
    18        A.  Right.
    19
    20   Q.   What is the purpose of all those points about beef that are
    21        not anything to do with animal welfare?  What are they
    22        doing?
    23        A.  If you were to take away animal welfare and husbandry
    24        from that heading, "Summary of Supplier Positions" would be
    25        correct because it covers a number of different areas of
    26        the business.  I am not quite sure where this has come from
    27        or what it is doing here.
    28
    29   Q.   So really this is not an animal welfare policy at all?
    30        A.  Parts of it are and there are several parts of it are,
    31        but other parts are not.
    32
    33   Q.   So a more apt title would be "Summary of Supplier Positions
    34        Including Animal Welfare"?
    35        A.  Well, I do not even think you need to say that.
    36
    37   Q.   Right.  It is just a straightforward summary of suppliers'
    38        positions on anything they thought might be ----
    39        A.  Right.
    40
    41   Q.   --- interesting.  Do you have a written policy on animal
    42        welfare?  Does the company have a written policy on animal
    43        welfare?
    44        A.  I think you have read it.  I articulated it earlier to
    45        you and we also read it out in the Fact Book.
    46
    47   Q.   But you have not got a separate sheet saying that you are
    48        aware of that circulates around the company that deals
    49        solely and explicitly with McDonald's position on animal
    50        welfare and husbandry? 
    51        A.  Not other than you see in the Fact book. 
    52 
    53   Q.   So prior to 1993 when this Fact book was brought out,
    54        nowhere was it in writing -- there was no written policy
    55        about McDonald's position on animal welfare?
    56        A.  Not as far as I am aware.
    57
    58   Q.   In this so-called policy on page 3 under "Eggs - Oasters"?
    59        A.  Yes.
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