Day 245 - 07 May 96 - Page 15

     
     1   MR. MORRIS:  It says:
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     3        "Unsatisfactory does not mean that it is condemnable.  It
     4        means it is unsatisfactory.  It does not mean that it is
     5        bad or smelling or off."
     6
     7        The point is that this particular so-called quality control
     8        check is one of the 36 in your pamphlet about bacterial
     9        contamination of raw meat supplies, and there are 3
    10        categories, satisfactory, passable, unsatisfactory, and all
    11        the meat is used unless it is smells or looks off.  Do you
    12        accept that this fact sheet is a lie, you are misleading
    13        the customers?
    14        A.  I do not accept that.
    15
    16   Q.   You can put that file away.  Thank you very much.
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Can you help, Mr. Riley?
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    20   MR. MORRIS:  Now ----
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    22   MR. RAMPTON:  I am sorry, this is awful for me to have to keep
    23        jumping up but the press are here and Mr. Morris is making
    24        use of that opportunity, I have absolutely no doubt.  It is
    25        essential ----
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    27   MS. STEEL:   Mr. Rampton can come back in re-examination.
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    29   MR. RAMPTON:  That is not right, because what Mr. Morris is
    30        doing is wholly improper.  I will read out, if I may, what
    31        Mr. Walker actually said.
    32
    33        This is at line 28, and this is why I make the objection
    34        I do of page 38 of that day.  Mr. Morris, I think it was,
    35        or it might have been Ms. Steel:
    36
    37        "Can I ask if the meat is rejected as unsatisfactory?  Does
    38        it get sent back to the suppliers or is it just thrown away
    39        or what?
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         Mr. Walker:  No, you have to -- unsatisfactory does not
    42        mean it is condemnable.  It means it is unsatisfactory.
    43
    44        Question: For what?
    45
    46        Answer: Well, as a standard it is unsatisfactory.  It does
    47        not mean that it is bad or smelling or off.  It just means
    48        it is unsatisfactory by McDonald's standards.
    49
    50        Question:  So what happens to it?" 
    51 
    52        My Lord, this is the bit that Mr. Morris was unwilling to 
    53        read:
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    55        "Answer:  As I said, I think it in my evidence yesterday,
    56        we publish a league table and if someone is bottom of that
    57        table twice and they cannot correct the situation, they are
    58        taken off our supply list."
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    60   MS. STEEL: And then at the bottom: