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1 about 8 years ago. We also make minced meat for hamburgers
2 which we sell here and in our branches. However, recently,
3 we have become one of the largest suppliers to the
4 fast-food chains in this country, and in particular to
5 McDonalds. We now sell a total of between 20 and 24 tonnes
6 of minced meat for hamburgers per month, which is produced
7 here in the Monticillos Cooperative.
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9 Question: Is this part of the trade growing?"
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11 and then there is: "(No answer in the transcript. End of
12 transcript)."
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14 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes.
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16 MR. MORRIS: If I can just say that was an interview conducted
17 in 1982, I think it was. It is actually mentioned in Peter
18 Heller's statement and we are still making contact with him
19 about whether we are going to call him or not, in the light
20 of Mr. Monroe not coming and other issues.
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22 Yes, there was a cover note, as we have said on that one.
23 Can I say one thing, is that in the Jungle Burger film,
24 when the question at the top of page 5 was asked: "Which
25 fast-food chains do you supply?" If anybody listens to the
26 film, it seems to be the question was: "Which fast-food
27 chains do you supply in that way?" I am referring to the
28 previous paragraph, previous answer. That is all.
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30 If we move on. If I can just do the Jan Rocha brief
31 statement.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I could not find her when I looked last
34 night. Does anyone have her -- can you tell me where she
35 went? Did she go behind -----
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37 MR. MORRIS: I do not know where it went. Unless it got put
38 behind Mr. Morganti.
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40 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. I have.
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42 MR. MORRIS: Have you found her?
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44 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, she is. For any future reference I have
45 her behind Mr. Morganti, who is in yellow 14, 81E.
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47 MR. MORRIS: OK. If I read that one out. It says:
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49 "To David from Jan Rocha February 22." That is 1996.
50 "Conversation with Braslo manager, Jose Roberto Morganti.
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52 Question: Can you give me a list of all the ranches that
53 supply Braslo with meat for McDonald's?
54 Answer: I can't give you a list. I don't have it. Only
55 the meat packing plants have it.
56 In 1991 I took McDonald's lawyers to visit all the meat
57 packing plants, they got all the names of the ranches, they
58 have them. Morganti also said he only got his meat from
59 five plants in Campo Grande, Araguari, Goias Bauru and
60 Rondonopolis (Mato Grosso)", and then it is almost
