Day 101 - 10 Mar 95 - Page 35

     
     1        responsibility for looking after that plant were happy that
     2        that was the case.
     3
     4   Q.   But was McDonald's happy?
     5        A.  If we can improve on a system, then we will ask that
     6        that happens, and that is that has happened.
     7
     8   Q.   Sun Valley have been -----
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think it is fair to assume McDonald's was
    11        content with the situation because there is no evidence at
    12        all of any representation by McDonald's some years ago that
    13        both carotid arteries should be killed so there was no
    14        further blood supply to the brain of the chicken.  That is
    15        fair enough.
    16        A.  Yes, that is fair enough.
    17
    18   MS. STEEL:  Sun Valley have been supplying McDonald's for, what
    19        is it?
    20        A.  Since about '84, I think.
    21
    22   Q.   So, it is only something that you started looking into
    23        after Dr. Gregory made his visit and asked them to make
    24        improvements?
    25        A.  Personally, that was the first time that I was aware of
    26        that issue, yes.
    27
    28   Q.   Have you visited any of the other farms supplying products
    29        for McDonald's?
    30        A.  Sorry, what farms do you mean?
    31
    32   Q.   Pig farms, beef farms.
    33        A.  No, I have never visited any farms of those types.
    34
    35   Q.   Has anybody else in your department that you are aware of?
    36        A.  I would not expect them to have done so; only if they
    37        wanted to out of their own curiosity really.
    38
    39   Q.   What information do you get from your suppliers about
    40        monitoring methane given off by cows?
    41
    42   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you get any?
    43        A.  No, I do not see anything like that.
    44
    45   MS. STEEL:  You have never asked your suppliers for any
    46        information like that?
    47        A.  I cannot say I have.
    48
    49   Q.   If anyone was interested in that, that would be your
    50        department, would it? 
    51        A.  We would have to speak to -- we would speak to McKey's 
    52        if we wanted information of that sort. 
    53
    54   Q.   But it would be your department that spoke to McKey's?
    55        A.  More than likely it would be our department, yes.
    56
    57   Q.   Mr. Oakley said that the suppliers monitor the amount of
    58        sewage produced and the amount of methane given off by
    59        their cows.  Are you not aware of that?
    60        A.  No, I am not aware of that.  But we do rely very