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1 Q. Would that be the same records that have been disclosed to
2 us in this case or would they be additional records?
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4 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is a bit difficult when he says he does
5 not know.
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7 MR. MORRIS: That is true. He says a lot of groups have access
8 to the records. What kind of records do they have access
9 to?
10 A. Just about every record that we have, any employee in
11 McDonald's, all we have to do is request it and we can see
12 it. There is obviously some very confidential information,
13 let us say, regarding our financial situation that is not
14 available to everybody, although it would be available at
15 the end of the year as part of the shareholders' meeting.
16 But if I want to have access and I know where to look for
17 it and I know the person in this case, I can probably see
18 the records.
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20 Q. But in terms of making those records available to the
21 public or concerned groups, you do not know what kinds of
22 records would be shown?
23 A. I have said that I do not know what records were shown
24 here. There are a lot of people that go there and usually
25 they are received by a group of people that work in either
26 relations or public relations or government relations
27 departments or could be purchasing; it could be product
28 development departments; it could be quality assurance
29 departments.
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31 Q. Do you know why in the sentence above you are unaware that
32 McDonald's Corporation has a policy on not buying beef from
33 soya or soya fed cattle, which you said before you do not
34 have any policy on that? How come you did not know that?
35 A. I did state that I have not seen anybody using soya for
36 the feeding of cattle, but it is not a thing -- I do not
37 see anything wrong with that.
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39 Q. No, but in some countries you do use soya fed cattle, do
40 you not?
41 A. I have not come across any country in which we use
42 soyabeans for cattle.
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44 Q. Mr. Oakley from the UK said that cattle in the UK, Denmark
45 and Holland or something, we have also had evidence on
46 Germany as well -- we have had evidence from, I think,
47 Mr. Oakley -- that cattle have been fed with soya?
48 A. Yes.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Whether that is right or not, did you know
51 anything about that?
52 A. No, I did not. If Mr. Oakley said it, I trust him,
53 yes.
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55 MR. MORRIS: But you said you had no policy on that?
56 A. I have not seen the ----
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58 Q. Yet McDonald's Corporation has a printed public document
59 telling everybody that they have a policy on it?
60 A. I did not say that. I said I am not aware of any
