Day 246 - 09 May 96 - Page 46


     
     1        I was going to ask.
     2
     3        I do not know if you recall an interview you gave to James
     4        Erlickman of The Guardian and Madeleine Bunting.  It might
     5        have been Madeleine Bunting you directly spoke on the
     6        circumstances of the anniversary, the 20th anniversary of
     7        the Woolwich store opening.  Do you recall that you did
     8        give an interview?
     9        A.  I did a lot of interviews on and around the occasion.
    10        I do not recall that specific one but I may very well have.
    11
    12   Q.   Do you remember saying:  "I have never recommended eating a
    13        Big Mac every day and I never would but once or twice a
    14        week is fine"?
    15        A.  I may have said it.  It is certainly something I would
    16        say.
    17
    18   Q.   OK, fine.  I am trying to sort my documents out here.
    19        While I am passing through the section, do you have any
    20        responsibility for Austria?
    21        A.  No, I do not.
    22
    23   Q.   You never had any responsibility for Austria?
    24        A.  Never.
    25
    26   Q.   No overall umbrella ----
    27        A.  Never.
    28
    29   Q.   In Austria, do you know anything about McDonald's products,
    30        ie when the first McDonald's shop was owned in Vienna, that
    31        the fat content of the burgers was deemed to be too high
    32        and they were ordered not to be sold?  Do you know anything
    33        about that?
    34        A.  I had no responsibility ever for Austria.
    35
    36   Q.   Do you know anything about that?  Have you heard about
    37        that?
    38        A.  No.  I know the food laws in Austria as they relate to
    39        the fat content of products is such that it is lower, it
    40        certainly was lower in the past, lower than the McDonald's
    41        standard, and I know we adhere to that, but I think that
    42        has been changed in the last couple of years.
    43
    44   Q.   Just a couple more points on these related subjects.  The
    45        outbreak of food poisoning in Preston in 1991?
    46        A.  Yes?
    47
    48   Q.   Which McDonald's has admitted responsibility for due to E.
    49        Coli contamination.  Are you aware of this?
    50        A.  I am aware of the admission, yes. 
    51 
    52   Q.   As regards the microbiological safety of food, the Advisory 
    53        Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food has issued
    54        a booklet -- this booklet here which we were looking at,
    55        I think, a week ago in court -- advising how to deal with
    56        E.Coli in all stages in the slaughter houses, in food
    57        products, cooking?
    58        A.  I am not aware of the contents that are in that
    59        booklet, no.
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