Day 078 - 26 Jan 95 - Page 65
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2 MR. MORRIS: I was hoping that the witness would know of the
3 Raiffeisen Plant. So, the situation in Germany is that
4 Sudfleisch supplies L&O Flaschfahren who supply McDonald's
5 Germany; is that correct?
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7 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, he has already said he has not heard of
8 it.
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10 MR. MORRIS: He did not say about Flaschfahren which is a well-
11 known McDonald's -----
12 A. Can I answer that in this way: Sudfleisch is a very
13 large meat company in southern Germany in Bavaria with
14 abattoirs and boning rooms, and I am sure that it would be
15 a supplier to L&O Gunnesberg at the McDonald's factory.
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17 Q. I think we have already heard, anyway, that L&O supplies
18 McDonald's?
19 A. Yes.
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21 Q. Do you happen to know of any reason why soya feed may be or
22 soya meal feed may be popular, say, in southern Germany but
23 not popular in some other countries? Is there any reason
24 for differences between countries is or it purely economic
25 or what?
26 A. I honestly cannot give you an opinion on that.
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28 MR. RAMPTON: My Lord, again I do protest. Mr. Morris has made
29 assertion about the effect of Professor Dr. Schum's
30 statement, both his statements, which simply is not to be
31 found there. It is not a complex or difficult statement to
32 understand.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Presumably -- is Professor Schum being
35 called?
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37 MR. RAMPTON: Yes.
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39 MR. MORRIS: Maybe we will wait until we ask Professor Schum.
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41 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think that is probably right.
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43 MR. MORRIS: I was not sure if he was actually being called or
44 not.
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46 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He is in the list as a witness rather than a
47 Civil Evidence Act Notice, so I had assumed that he was.
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49 MR. MORRIS: I think it came up before a day or two ago.
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that right?
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53 MR. RAMPTON: That is right. It is not a Civil Evidence Act.
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55 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No.
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57 MR. MORRIS: A final point on this -----
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59 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I do not think a single thing, if I may say
60 so, I have said this afternoon has steered you off from
