Day 066 - 14 Dec 94 - Page 22
1 "I do not care what it costs. Our food will be safe".
2 No, cost has never been an issue.
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4 Q. Thank you. Can we now move on to the animals themselves?
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Shall we take our break then, Mr. Rampton?
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8 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, yes.
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10 (Short Adjournment)
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12 MR. RAMPTON: Dr. Gonzales, could I ask you please if you would
13 kindly go to those shelves behind you and retrieve pink
14 volume with IX on it entitled "Rearing and slaughter". It
15 is one of the slimmer ones.
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. Open it please at the first tab?
19 A. The first half?
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21 Q. The first tab, please, tab 1?
22 A. Yes, Animal Welfare?
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24 Q. Yes, "Animal Welfare and Husbandry, McDonald's position".
25 You may or may not know, this is a United Kingdom
26 document. This is McDonald's in this country.
27 A. Yes, I have seen it before.
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29 Q. It is a statement of their position on animal welfare. You
30 have seen it before, have you?
31 A. Yes, I have.
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33 Q. If you flip over the next three pages, you will see
34 statements of positions of their suppliers on the same
35 subject. McKey, Sun Valley, Oasters, and so on. Can I ask
36 you this: Does the Corporation in America publish any
37 document of this kind?
38 A. No, we do not.
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40 Q. Does the Corporation in America have an attitude or
41 position in relation to animal welfare?
42 A. Yes, we do. It is part of our specifications that our
43 suppliers should follow the guidelines set by the Humane
44 Slaughter Act in the US.
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46 Q. Does that attitude or position hold good in other parts of
47 the world?
48 A. Yes, it does.
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50 Q. Do you yourself, that is to say, Fernando Gomez Gonzales,
51 do you yourself have views about animal welfare?
52 A. Yes, I do.
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54 Q. Do you mind, do you care, about the conditions in which
55 animals are kept and the manner in which they are
56 slaughtered?
57 A. Yes, I do care.
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59 Q. From the point of view of the animal?
60 A. Yes, that is correct.
