Day 005 - 04 Jul 94 - Page 26
1 listed first, then it goes descending downwards?
A. I do not know. I am not sure.
2
Q. I think that is what the law stipulates?
3 A. I am sure if there is a law on it, we would have
abided by the law. It would have been done by an
4 independent third party in any case, not by us directly.
5 Q. I am reading from your "McDonald's Food: The Facts"
pamphlet and according to this, the first ingredient of
6 the birthday cake is sugar. If you want to check it for
yourself, you can.
7
MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think he should if he is being asked about
8 it.
9 MR. RAMPTON: One must be careful which version one is looking
at. That looks to me like the 1984 one.
10
MISS STEEL: This is 1989, which of course is the relevant
11 time.
A. Is it in one of these books?
12
Q. It should be. It is volume 6, section A, No. 2.
13 A. Pink?
14 Q. Yes.
A. Do you have a page?
15
Q. Page 22.
16
MR. RAMPTON: I cannot find a date at the moment.
17
MR. MORRIS: Back inside cover.
18
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is it this?
19
MISS STEEL: That is the version afterwards, but it is probably
20 roughly the same. It is dated July 1989. Have you found
the page with birthday cake?
21 A. Yes, I am trying to determine if this is 1989 or not.
22 Q. I think it is the second to last page.
A. July 1989, yes, OK.
23
Q. Right. Perhaps you could read out the ingredients of the
24 birthday cake?
A. Our birthday cake: "Sugar, reconstituted skimmed milk,
25 wheat flour, hydrogenated vegetable oil, egg, cream,
butter, reconstituted egg whites, cocoa, glucose syrup,
26 apple, modified starch, Emulsifiers: Mono and
diglycerides of fatty acids and polyglycerol esters of
27 fatty acids; Raising agents: Disodium dihydrogen
diphosphate and sodium bicarbonate; Stabilizers: Pectin,
28 locust bean gum, carrageenan, xanthan gum and guar gum,
soya flour, gelatine, flavourings, salt; Acidity
29 regulators: Sodium citrates and citric acid; Colours:
Annatto, bixin, norbixin, curcumin."
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Q. Having read that, do you think you would agree that it is
