Day 105 - 16 Mar 95 - Page 44
1 expected situation?
2 A. Yes.
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You only write if there is something that has
5 attracted your attention?
6 A. Yes, indeed.
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8 MR. MORRIS: So, a certain amount of blood clots, faecal
9 contamination and rusts specks would be expected, but if it
10 was an abnormal amount it would be noted as a defect?
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12 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Where have you got that from,
13 Mr. Morris?
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15 MR. MORRIS: From what the witness says. The witness said that
16 if there was something abnormal.
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18 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Would faecal contamination be abnormal?
19 A. It would indeed, my Lord, and he would be expected to
20 note it and take some action because faecal contamination
21 is very important. We cannot write the whole textbook on a
22 simple check sheet. We are talking about very skilled,
23 experienced men. Faecal contamination, for example, is
24 more important than slightly excessive blood clots.
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26 MR. MORRIS: Yes. So, for example, I am trying establish this.
27 Blood clots, for example, would be expected to find some
28 blood clots during the day; it is only if it was an
29 excessive amount it would be noted?
30 A. If it was excessive to the extent that it would affect
31 the specification and the general quality of the product,
32 yes.
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34 MS. STEEL: There is only one of these charts for each month; is
35 that something that is part of the HACCP thing, that you
36 check that once a month?
37 A. No. These are specimen charts that Jarretts have seen
38 fit to produce. These are daily checks.
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40 Q. They are daily checks?
41 A. Yes.
42
43 Q. Have you seen all the other days?
44 A. I have looked at the days for the period covered by
45 Ms. Hovi's statement. I have had a general look at the
46 rest of them. I was not carrying out a detailed audit of
47 the system.
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49 Q. Do you know why Jarretts did not provide all the documents
50 relevant to the period when Ms. Hovi was in employment?
51 A. I cannot speak for their decision. I am aware that
52 they are not the Plaintiffs or the Defendant in the case
53 and have been involved through McKey's and, so far as I am
54 aware, they considered that the documents they have
55 submitted are sufficient to illustrate the procedures
56 carried out in their plant.
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58 MR. MORRIS: You see, did you notice a feature of these
59 documents, that quite a few of these documents seem to be
60 filled in all in one go, so to speak, and if they are
