Day 093 - 28 Feb 95 - Page 61
1 A. It could be shipped from Mexico into the United States,
2 yes.
3
4 Q. But when they are killed in abattoirs they do not have
5 their hide any more, so there is no identification after it
6 gets passed that stage, once it has got to that point the
7 abattoir?
8 A. I do not know how the US DA make sure of that. I do
9 not know.
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11 Q. You do not know?
12 A. That is what I said. That is what I said last time
13 too. We leave that in the hands of the United States
14 Department of Agriculture. That is why we pay taxes.
15
16 Q. So the differentiation of Mexican and Canadian beef in the
17 States is basically the responsibility of the US DA?
18 A. That is correct.
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20 Q. As far as McDonald's is concerned, once it buys something
21 that is identified as US beef, it is happy that that is
22 reared in the US?
23 A. We trust the government, that is correct.
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25 Q. You trust the government. Anyway, that would be the
26 abattoirs or the suppliers. It would not even be
27 McDonald's. It would be somewhere down the chain. You
28 would not be doing that yourself anywhere?
29 A. That is correct.
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31 Q. I do not know if you know this. When people talk about the
32 Continental boundaries in the United States, what do they
33 mean?
34 A. The Continent.
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36 Q. Is that North America including Canada?
37 A. No, the United States. Canada is not the United
38 States.
39
40 Q. Right. So what are Continental boundaries in the United
41 States?
42 A. The US that is in the Continent, not including ----
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Hawaii?
45 A. --- Hawaii, for instance.
46
47 MR. MORRIS: The reason we are a bit confused is that we are
48 trying to stick to the same subject, but Helen is a bit
49 tired.
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51 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, can I, in the meantime, this might be a
52 convenient moment, make a polite enquiry about the length
53 of this cross-examination, only for two reasons. One is
54 that Dr. Gomez Gonzalez needs to know when he is to go back
55 to the United States, but more important, perhaps, I have
56 at the moment Mr. Ashley Bowes fixed to come back on Friday
57 in the hope that this cross-examination would finish on
58 Thursday sometime.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. What I would like you to do is sit
