Day 069 - 19 Dec 94 - Page 10
1 A. One of them -- they are divided into two different
2 types of McNuggetts that are McNuggetts; one of them is,
3 one of them is not.
4
5 Q. Have you also spoken to Tysons about this alleged incident?
6 A. Yes, I have.
7
8 Q. What was their response to that?
9 A. That there was no -- they look at the piece of metal.
10 They do not have that kind of metal. They look at all of
11 the possibilities. We do have records that the metal
12 detectors are functioning properly. They are monitored
13 routinely. They found no evidence that that clip came from
14 their plant.
15
16 Q. Do you happen to know -- it does not say on the form --
17 whether any action was taken in response to this complaint
18 about a metal ring?
19 A. No, no action was taken.
20
21 Q. Either against McDonald's or against Tysons?
22 A. That is correct.
23
24 Q. The third one, which is the last one concerning McDonald's,
25 is dated 29th March, 1993; again, Chicken McNuggets; this
26 time the restaurant was in Modesto, California and, again,
27 it was the same Tysons plant who had supplied the product
28 in Nashville, Arkansas. This time the allegation was that
29 the compliance officer, Tina Nader, contacted Ms. Pamela
30 Delorie, a consumer, who said that her three year-old son
31 bit down on a bone fragment approximately 1.5 centimetres.
32
33 Can you quickly tell us, from your head, how much of an
34 inch 1.5 centimetres is?
35
36 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Three-fifths.
37
38 MR. RAMPTON: "Ms. Delorie returned the bone fragment to the
39 owner of McDonald's Modesto, CA, Mr. Emerson Johnson. On
40 30th March, 1993, CO Nader contacted Mr. Johnson, who said
41 there were no other complaints. On 31st March, 1993,
42 Mr. Shannon Driggers, Quality Control Manager, Tyson Foods,
43 called regarding the incident and informed CO Nader that
44 inspection had been notified and Tyson would contact
45 consumer directly."
46
47 Then over the page there is a photograph which, I am
48 afraid, in my copy at least, shows everything but the
49 supposed bone fragment -- unless that black thing in the
50 middle is the bone fragment. What do you think, Dr. Gomez
51 Gonzalez?
52 A. If you let me read it?
53
54 MR. RAMPTON: Actually, this document, I think, comes from one
55 of the earlier -- I think the pages have got muddled.
56
57 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It has "Mr. Terry" on it.
58
59 MR. RAMPTON: Yes. It is the earlier one; your Lordship is
60 quite right.
