Day 068 - 16 Dec 94 - Page 35
1 A. The supplier is called Braslo.
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3 Q. Where in Brazil are they?
4 A. They are located close to Sao Paulo.
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6 Q. Whatever Mr. Cesca may say, or anyone else may say, you
7 yourself have not seen a similar map of Costa Rica or of
8 Guatemala?
9 A. That is correct.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We will come back at two o'clock.
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13 (Luncheon Adjournment)
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15 2.00 p.m.
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17 MR. MORRIS: Just one thing we touched on this morning: you
18 said that you do not use frozen beef products in the
19 manufacture of patties in the United States; is that
20 correct?
21 A. What I said is that I have not seen any process in
22 which we have used frozen meat. I have not seen equipment
23 required to process frozen meat since I have been with the
24 company.
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26 Q. So how many plants do use frozen meat?
27 A. Excuse me? What is your question?
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29 Q. How many of the plants that you have not seen or what
30 percentage of the plants that you have not seen use frozen
31 beef?
32 A. About 80 per cent.
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34 Q. 80 per cent ---
35 A. 80.
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37 Q. -- do use?
38 A. No, no -- that I have seen.
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40 Q. You have seen 80 per cent of plants?
41 A. Yes.
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43 Q. So of the 20 per cent that you have not seen of the
44 processed plants, how many of those do use frozen beef?
45 A. I do not know. I cannot tell you.
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47 Q. So there is no policy against the use of frozen beef?
48 A. Absolutely not, no.
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50 Q. Do you know what percentage of frozen beef you do use in
51 the United States?
52 A. No, I do not know.
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54 MR. JUSTICE BELL: When the patties have been processed, are
55 they frozen?
56 A. Yes, they are.
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58 Q. If you got frozen deboned meat to turn into patties, if you
59 did get it, you could let it thaw and then process it into
60 patties, you could physically do this, and then freeze it
