Day 097 - 06 Mar 95 - Page 49
1 Q. Do your customers ever come and visit your premises?
2 A. Frequently, yes.
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4 Q. When you say "frequently", take McKeys, how often do they
5 come?
6 A. McKeys come about twice a year at least, I would think.
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8 Q. Do you know Mr. Peter Mitchell?
9 A. I do, yes.
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11 Q. Does he come?
12 A. Yes.
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14 Q. Does anybody else come?
15 A. From McKeys?
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17 Q. Yes.
18 A. Yes.
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20 Q. Do you ever see Mr. David Walker, head of McKeys?
21 A. Occasionally, not -- I have not seen him at our plant,
22 I do not think.
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24 Q. Do the big supermarkets visit you?
25 A. A lot, yes.
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27 Q. Do they announce when they are coming?
28 A. No.
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30 Q. They do not. What are they interested in?
31 A. Same sort of things that Mr. Mitchell would be from
32 McKeys really.
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34 Q. Which are, what is Mr. Mitchell interested in?
35 A. Well, adherence to the specification, hygiene.
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37 Q. Does he look at the slaughtering end of the business?
38 A. They do, yes.
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40 Q. When the animals arrive, does it sometimes happen that they
41 have to stay overnight?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. What sort of accommodation are they given if they have to
45 stay overnight?
46 A. We have a covered holding yard which is straw bedded,
47 feed, water, etc., behind our main lairage.
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49 Q. What is the density of that like? Is it like, perhaps you
50 do not know the London tube on a weekday morning in the
51 rush hour, but how squashed are they?
52 A. They are not squashed in the pens. They are not
53 shoulder to shoulder.
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55 Q. Do they have room to move around, do they?
56 A. Yes.
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58 Q. They get food and water, I think you said?
59 A. They do, yes.
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