Day 080 - 30 Jan 95 - Page 34
1 visit the farms?
2 A. No.
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4 Q. You did not?
5 A. No.
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7 Q. So you do not know what the conditions are like on the
8 farms at all?
9 A. No, I do not.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: So, same policy and attitude as with regard
12 to beef?
13 A. Yes, sir.
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15 MS. STEEL: Were you asked to find out?
16 A. No.
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18 Q. I have actually come to a bit of a break anyway.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes, right, we will break off there. How are
21 you doing at the moment?
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23 MS. STEEL: Not too badly now, I think.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Do you think you will finish this afternoon?
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27 MS. STEEL: I hope so, yes.
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29 MR. MORRIS: We will make every effort to.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. Shall we resume at ten to two? Does
32 that inconvenience anyone?
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34 MS. STEEL: It does actually make it a bit difficult for us --
35 five to two?
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37 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Five to, right.
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39 (Luncheon Adjournment)
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41 1.55 p.m.
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43 MS. STEEL: Can I just ask, the EC guidelines relating to
44 slaughter, did you say they included things about animal
45 welfare?
46 A. No, I did not.
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48 Q. You did not? Do they include anything about animal
49 welfare?
50 A. Apart from the lairage, there must be fresh water -- it
51 is just taken down from the 1958 Act; it is very similar to
52 the 1958 British Act -- water, shelter from sun, drainage
53 and things of that nature. Those are the only things in
54 the directive.
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56 Q. In the EEC directive?
57 A. Yes.
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59 Q. Does it include things like stunning current or anything
60 like that?
