Day 064 - 08 Dec 94 - Page 50
1 Q. Is it not a fact that it is an industry organisation?
2 A. Nutrition Foundation?
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4 Q. British Nutrition Foundation, yes?
5 A. I believe so, yes.
6
7 Q. What about the other one? The British Diabetic
8 Association?
9 A. I honestly do not know about that one; it could be.
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11 Q. So certainly the first one is not an independent
12 organisation?
13 A. It is independent in as such as it is not associated
14 with any particular commercial company that I am aware of.
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16 Q. No, just the food industry in general.
17 A. It is an association for the industry.
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19 Q. Right. I wanted to ask some questions about the Question
20 of Balance leaflet. I am not sure if it has been put in
21 the bundle yet or not?
22 A. I have it here in a separate file.
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24 MR. MORRIS: Have you got it?
25 A. It is in my briefcase, if I have permission to get it?
26 It is a Barlow Lyde & Gilbert file.
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28 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is the one with the red emblem on the
29 bottom rather than the black, is it not, Ms. Steel?
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31 MS. STEEL: It has a blue thing across the top, yes, rather than
32 the black.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there a spare copy of that? (Handed).
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36 MS. STEEL: You have responsibility for this leaflet, do you
37 not?
38 A. Yes.
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40 Q. Are you happy with this leaflet?
41 A. I think every leaflet can be improved. It sets out a
42 very clear idea of what a question of balance is, but we
43 could make improvements I am sure.
44
45 Q. The paragraph at the bottom of the page on the question of
46 balance ----
47 A. On the first column, yes.
48
49 Q. Yes. "At McDonald's we have a responsibility to help our
50 customers eat a healthy balanced diet."
51 A. Yes.
52
53 Q. "With a broad range of customers from different age groups
54 and walks of life we have to ensure that any nutritional
55 changes are designed to help them all. We therefore
56 continually review our products to ensure that we fulfil
57 our commitment to provide high quality food".
58 A. Right.
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60 Q. Taken in the context of the paragraph that comes before
