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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.
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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.
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10 Q. Repeated elsewhere?
11 A. Yes.
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13 Q. In public documents?
14 A. Some of them, yes, not all.
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16 Q. Possibly with the exception of the section on battery
17 chickens, for example?
18 A. Right.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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37 Q. Right. It is just a straightforward summary of suppliers'
38 positions on anything they thought might be ----
39 A. Right.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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58 Q. In this so-called policy on page 3 under "Eggs - Oasters"?
59 A. Yes.
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