Day 089 - 15 Feb 95 - Page 59


     
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     2   Q.   Does it occur?
     3        A.  It is so rare that it is really -- you could say that
     4        it is so unlikely that it really is not a consideration.
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     6   Q.   What sort of automatic cutter do you now use at Sun Valley?
     7        A.  We have changed the cutter to one that gives a ventral
     8        neck cut and severs both the carotid and the jugular on
     9        both sides.
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    11   Q.   The old used not to?
    12        A.  The old one did a cut on one side only which did not
    13        give such an effective bleed.
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    15   Q.   When did the new one arrive?
    16        A.  The new ventral neck cutter was delivered about just
    17        under a year ago.
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    19   Q.   Where did it come from?
    20        A.  From America.
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    22   Q.   Why did you change?
    23        A.  We changed because we had been looking for some while
    24        for an efficient piece of machinery to do this job because
    25        that is one of other codes, one of the other
    26        recommendations in the Code of Practice, that you carry out
    27        ventral neck cutting, and we have found one eventually made
    28        by Simmons in America which does the job.
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    30   Q.   And that was easily enough fitted into the existing line,
    31        was it?
    32        A.  Yes, it was.
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    34   Q.   You told us earlier that McDonald's take about a fifth of
    35        your business; is that right?
    36        A.  That is correct.
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    38   Q.   Do you ever see personnel from McDonald's at your plant?
    39        A.  Yes, we see them on their regular visits to the plant.
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    41   Q.   What do you mean by "regular"?
    42        A.  They come every month or so, maybe one to two months
    43        they pay a visit.
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    45   Q.   What do they look at when they come?
    46        A.  They visit the slaughter plant, they look at the whole
    47        process from stunning through plucking to evisceration to
    48        deboning, and they look at the whole process.
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    50   Q.   What happens if they see something they do not like? 
    51        A.  If they see something they do not like they make it 
    52        absolutely clear and we would always have a review meeting 
    53        at the end of the day to go through all the points which
    54        they regard as unsatisfactory.
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    56   Q.   How long might such a visit last?
    57        A.  Usually it is an all day visit which ends up with a
    58        review meeting at the end.
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    60   Q.   What are the names of the people that you most often see?

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