Day 069 - 19 Dec 94 - Page 26
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2 Q. Let me ask you about Opticarnes.
3 A. Where are you? I do not know where you are, so
4 I cannot follow you.
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6 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He is just going to ask you a question
7 generally, not on the form.
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9 MR. MORRIS: Does not Opticarnes in Uruguay export to McDonald's
10 in other countries?
11 A. I do not know who is Opticarnes. I do not understand.
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13 Q. In Uruguay? Let us go to Malaysia. It was the last item
14 in Malaysia. It is "D".
15 A. Malaysia?
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17 Q. It was page 4 of D. Your supplier, Opticarnes; you said
18 before they exported to McDonald's in Malaysia?
19 A. They buy raw materials from Uruguay, yes.
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21 Q. And they export to McDonald's in Malaysia?
22 A. No, it is not McDonald's in Malaysia. It is a supplier
23 called Mac Foods in Malaysia who supply products for us.
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25 Q. So when you say that a supplier does not export to
26 McDonald's, in the questions I have asked you on this
27 subject, they could be supplying McDonald's suppliers?
28 A. They could be McDonald's suppliers but, as I mentioned
29 before, most of the time we have the divisions within those
30 suppliers. They could be supplying to a particular
31 supplier that supplies to McDonald's. That does not mean
32 they supply to us.
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34 Q. What was the name of the company in Malaysia that they
35 exported to?
36 A. It is called Mac Foods.
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38 Q. Mac Foods supply McDonald's in Malaysia?
39 A. With patties, that is correct.
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41 Q. With patties. So that some of that patty meat will have
42 come originally from Opticarnes?
43 A. From Uruguay?
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45 Q. Yes.
46 A. Yes, it could.
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48 Q. So when I have asked you questions about various countries
49 supplying to McDonald's, and you have said, "No, they do
50 not export to McDonald's", what you meant then is that they
51 did not export direct to McDonald's?
52 A. Direct to McDonald's -- it depends on the questions
53 that you asked me. You have to be more specific.
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55 Q. For example, some of them said that they exported to a
56 particular country, and you said: "Well, they do not
57 export to McDonald's"?
58 A. That is correct.
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60 Q. But they may export to a supplier that supplied McDonald's?
