Day 097 - 06 Mar 95 - Page 41
1 Q. What standards for?
2 A. Business and Technicians Education Council.
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4 Q. Then did you go straight from finishing college to Midland
5 Meat Packers?
6 A. It was a part-time course that I was doing.
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8 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You went to Midland Meat Packers after
9 A levels and did your course while you were there, did you?
10 A. That is right, yes.
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12 MR. RAMPTON: How long have you held your post as Quality
13 Assurance Manager?
14 A. With that title, five or six years.
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16 Q. If I may say so, please do not be offended, you do not look
17 very old?
18 A. Thank you very much.
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20 Q. How old are you?
21 A. I will be 30 very soon.
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23 Q. Broadly speaking -- there is no need to go into detail at
24 the moment because we will learn the detail as we go
25 through your evidence -- what are your responsibilities at
26 Midland Meat as Quality Assurance Manager?
27 A. Really, to ensure that all customer requirements and
28 statutory regulations within my scope are met and
29 fulfilled.
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31 Q. Does that include what I might call the food safety aspects
32 of meat?
33 A. Yes, it certainly does, yes.
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35 Q. Does it extend to any considerations of animal welfare for
36 the animals while they are still alive?
37 A. To a limited degree, yes, from when they enter our
38 premises.
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40 Q. From when they enter your premises?
41 A. Yes.
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43 Q. We will go through that process in a moment. Precisely
44 what types of cattle does Midland Meat slaughter and
45 process?
46 A. All type of cattle, basically -- cows, heifers, steers
47 and bulls.
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49 Q. As you know, or I expect you know, McKeys have a
50 specification which forbids, for example ------
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52 MR. MORRIS: Is this a leading question?
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54 MS. STEEL: This is leading.
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56 MR. RAMPTON: No, it is all in the documents. We can look and
57 see -----
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59 MS. STEEL: I think you should ask the witness rather than lead.
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