Day 098 - 07 Mar 95 - Page 58
1 Q. You have seen that then?
2 A. Yes.
3
4 Q. What written documents do you supply to McKey's in terms
5 of, say, certification or something like that?
6 A. We supply obviously delivery documentation.
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8 Q. Delivery documents?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. Is that it?
12 A. Yes. We supply them with a certificate for E.coli
13 testing as well.
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15 Q. E.coli testing?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. Anything else?
19 A. Yes. Actually I think there is a document McKey's
20 require which used to be called an EC 1304 certificate
21 which was basically a vet's certificate we were talking
22 about earlier. Since the harmonization of Europe this has
23 sort of been replaced by what we call a commercial
24 document. I believe we supply McKey's with that.
25
26 Q. Just the vet's certificate. What information would that
27 contain?
28 A. It is just a document which states -- I cannot tell you
29 exactly what it states, but words to the effect that the
30 meat in that consignment has been slaughtered in accordance
31 with the EC regulations we have been talking about and has
32 been done from our plant.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there nothing since 1964?
35 A. Yes, sorry there are lots of different regulations.
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37 Q. But they are brought up-to-date all the time?
38 A. Yes. Unfortunately, as often is the case, no one
39 supersedes the other, so there are numerous documents and
40 regulations, both domestic and European.
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42 MS. STEEL: From when the cows are put into the stunning pen
43 how long is it before they are stunned?
44 A. Before they are stunned?
45
46 Q. Yes.
47 A. Well, it is immediate in that it is as soon as the
48 gentleman doing the stunning can actually get a clear shot.
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50 Q. How long is that usually?
51 A. It can be sort of straightaway or it can be he will
52 wait until he can get a good stun.
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54 Q. So, if their head is on this ledge it is not automatic then
55 that you can get a good stun from that?
56 A. No, obviously the animal moves its head and naturally
57 moves its head, and he will wait until he can stun it
58 effectively, until he can hit the required place.
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60 Q. There was one other thing I wanted to ask about. When
