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1 not matter too much what the fine construction is. They
2 have bothered to mention some kinds of chickens, you say,
3 but not the others.
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5 MS. STEEL: Have you ever terminated a contract with any of your
6 suppliers?
7 A. Yes.
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9 Q. Who was that?
10 A. One was Caroft (?) in Ireland who were unable to meet
11 our standards for supplying shortening to the restaurants.
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13 Q. Shortening?
14 A. Yes. The other was a small source supplier in the
15 North of England who was unable to meet our future
16 expansion growth.
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18 Q. So have you ever terminated any contracts because of animal
19 welfare reasons?
20 A. No. I would not hesitate to do so if I had to.
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22 Q. Before we leave that page, you have said there that
23 chickens have the freedom to move around at will, but would
24 you recognise that towards the end of their lives in the
25 broiler sheds they cannot move around at will?
26 A. Yes.
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28 Q. The animal welfare and husbandry position about beef which
29 is in the other bundle we were looking at.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is tab 1 of pink IX, the rearing and
32 slaughter volume.
33 A. Right.
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35 MS. STEEL: Find page 2 of that.
36 A. "Beef - McKey", yes.
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38 Q. Yes. This is your animal welfare and husbandry summary of
39 supplies positions?
40 A. Yes, and it is a summary because the actual position is
41 a rather lengthy document.
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43 Q. Oh, right. There are six points there, are there not?
44 A. There are.
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46 Q. Would it be right to say that only one of them actually
47 relates to animal welfare and husbandry?
48 A. On what is listed here that would be correct, but I do
49 caution you that the animal welfare and husbandry document
50 for beef is a lengthy document. It is something Mr. Walker
51 can deal with from McKey. The same would be true of Sun
52 Valley.
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54 Q. So where this says "Summary of Supplier Positions", is that
55 different to your own position then?
56 A. No, of course it is not.
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58 Q. It is not?
59 A. No.
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