Day 081 - 31 Jan 95 - Page 27
1 A. Yes.
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3 Q. It would do?
4 A. It could do.
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6 Q. So that would not be good practice?
7 A. Well, you are presuming someone would know it was
8 contaminated. I do not suppose anyone would do it
9 deliberately.
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11 Q. But that could be an example of how, although a place
12 looked clean to the eye, the contamination had actually
13 been spread wider than if it had not been wiped down?
14 A. Oh, certainly.
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16 Q. In the majority of food poisoning incidents where the
17 vehicle is known, is the vehicle usually meat products?
18 A. It is often meat products.
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20 Q. It is often meat products?
21 A. Yes.
22
23 Q. What percentage would you -----
24 A. I do not have the statistics.
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26 Q. You do not know?
27 A. No.
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29 Q. Do you know whether the Public Health Laboratory Service
30 has said that more than 80 per cent of food poisoning cases
31 were salmonella infections?
32 A. I do not know that they said that, no.
33
34 Q. You are not aware of that?
35 A. No.
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37 Q. Do you know whether that is the case?
38 A. I would have thought that was probably not the case,
39 but if they did say it, I would accept it but I do not
40 know. I would not have thought it.
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42 Q. In terms of, say, about six, seven years ago, do you know
43 whether that would have been likely to have been the case?
44 A. No, I am afraid my memory -- I did used to know these
45 but my memory is not what it was.
46
47 Q. Do you know whether salmonella is responsible for the
48 majority of cases of food poisoning?
49 A. No, I think it is not.
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51 Q. You think it is not?
52 A. Yes.
53
54 Q. Do you know whether it used to be?
55 A. I think it did used to be.
56
57 Q. When was that -- at the end of the 80s?
58 A. Yes, perhaps.
59
60 Q. Around that time?
