Day 103 - 14 Mar 95 - Page 17
1 documents?
2 A. Yes, they are.
3
4 Q. As a whole?
5 A. Yes, they are.
6
7 Q. They have not been selected as being untypical?
8 A. No.
9
10 Q. Could we just clarify something, it is a McDonald's Weekly
11 Report and there are a number of different companies that
12 supply, is that correct?
13 A. Yes.
14
15 Q. Is that the list here, GR Breast, Jamain?
16 A. Yes.
17
18 Q. They all supply McDonald's somewhere in Europe?
19 A. They supply meat to the Sun Valley plant in France
20 which makes products for McDonald's.
21
22 Q. So the point is whether it goes to McDonald's in the UK or
23 whether it goes to McDonald's in Europe, it is relevant to
24 McDonald's?
25 A. It is.
26
27 Q. Let us have a look at what might be called the first
28 chart: In the "GR Breast", that is Grandstand Road, is it
29 not?
30 A. Yes.
31
32 Q. That is actually chickens that emanate from your plant, is
33 it?
34 A. It is.
35
36 Q. Seven out of 48 bins had bone chips or cartilage in; is
37 that correct?
38 A. That is correct.
39
40 Q. I notice when it says "thigh" that cannot be the name of a
41 company, what does that mean then when it says "thigh"?
42 A. Thigh meat.
43
44 Q. Is that thigh meat as a whole from all the different
45 companies?
46 A. Yes.
47
48 Q. And 19 out of 22 bins had bone chips or cartilage in?
49 A. Yes.
50
51 Q. So, basically, bone chips and cartilage are standard finds
52 in a bin of chicken meat? You cannot eradicate them?
53 A. There are -- there will always be -- there is always a
54 possibility that there will be a small number of bones or
55 small chips of cartilage in such a large quantity of meat.
56
57 Q. You said -- I might have got this right or wrong -- in your
58 evidence-in-chief there were about 300 food tests per day
59 of which 20 per cent or less than 20 per cent were actually
60 for McDonald's meat. Is that at this plant in Orleon?
