Day 103 - 14 Mar 95 - Page 55
1 when you have an answer -- try to avoid asking it again
2 just to get the same answer. You do not want a different
3 answer to that one, for instance. You want the same
4 answer; you have had it more than once. I say that so that
5 you might bear it mind in the future when you find yourself
6 in a similar situation.
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8 MS. STEEL: The realality is then that you do not actually know
9 whether the bird has been stunned or not effectively?
10 A. That is absolutely not true.
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12 Q. Mrs. Barbara Crawford has made visits down to Sun Valley,
13 has she not?
14 A. Yes.
15
16 Q. Is it correct that on occasions she has stopped the
17 slaughter line?
18 A. It did happen on one occasion.
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20 Q. Just once, was it?
21 A. As far as I know.
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23 Q. When was that?
24 A. I cannot recall.
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26 Q. That was because the birds were visibly not being stunned
27 properly?
28 A. I imagine so.
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30 Q. Did you change the stunning procedure after she visited?
31 A. The actual -----
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you know why it was that she stopped the
34 line?
35 A. No, I do not and I did not hear about it until after
36 her visit, so I am not sure of the exact circumstances.
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38 MS. STEEL: Was that within the last couple of years?
39 A. It may have been two or three years ago, I do not know.
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41 Q. You do not know whether you changed the procedure after her
42 visit?
43 A. There must have been some reason why it was not working
44 at that particular time, and I do not know what that was.
45 I would imagine the basic procedure was not changed at
46 all. There must have just been some mal-functioning of
47 equipment.
48
49 Q. Could you turn to the last but one page of this document,
50 please?
51 A. OK.
52
53 Q. Just read the first paragraph, please.
54 A. OK.
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56 Q. Would you accept what is said in that paragraph?
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58 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Including the last sentence.
59 A. Well, I think if that is what he is saying who am I to
60 question it? It is very, very technical and quite honestly
