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     1        to the Montfort plant, which is pleaded, and the Tyson one
     2        in Nashville, which has been mentioned several times.  In
     3        this country, obviously, there are only eight
     4        slaughterhouses -- or however many it was, but it was less
     5        than ten -- that supply McDonald's, plus Sun Valley; and
     6        relevant audits ought to be disclosed for those companies
     7        for 1989 and 1990.
     8
     9   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes. Thank you.
    10
    11   MS. STEEL:   There were the specifications as well.
    12
    13   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The specifications?
    14
    15   MS. STEEL:  Yes, because Dr. Gomez Gonzalez mentioned that there
    16        was something about animal welfare on other pages in the
    17        specifications, of the product specifications, the meat
    18        specification.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  What did that relate to?
    21
    22   MS. STEEL:  To animal welfare.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Is that another document which will be chased
    25        up as a result of Dr. Gomez Gonzalez' evidence?
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  I am sorry, my Lord?
    28
    29   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The specifications in relation to animal
    30        welfare?  Can you say specifically what document it was
    31        that he referred to?
    32
    33   MS. STEEL:  We asked him about the animal welfare -- whether
    34        there were any specifications relating to animal welfare in
    35        the meat specifications.  He looked through them, and he
    36        said:  "I think they are on another page than the ones you
    37        have here; you have not got the whole document."
    38
    39   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He said he thought there was an additional
    40        page which referred to the Humane Slaughter Act
    41        specifically, rather than what I thought was Food and Drug
    42        legislation.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:  That may have been it.
    45
    46   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you remember I made the comment that I
    47        thought -----
    48
    49   MR. RAMPTON:  Again, I think I know what he is referring to.
    50        I think it is already a disclosed document, but I am not 
    51        sure. 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is why I asked you whether that was
    54        another of the matters which would be chased up as a result
    55        of Dr. Gomez Gonzalez' evidence.
    56
    57   MR. RAMPTON:  It is a possible loose end, is all I can say, that
    58        must await his return.
    59
    60   MS. STEEL:  I do not understand what Mr. Rampton is saying.  As

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