Day 279 - 12 Jul 96 - Page 09

     
     1        home.
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     3   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  Anyway, carry on with the ones in the--
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     5   MS. STEEL:  In the article?
     6
     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
     8
     9   MS. STEEL:  Yes.  It is just, in the next paragraph, the very
    10        first line, she says, "The second stop is Otto and Sons in
    11        West Chicago", and then the next paragraph -- I think this
    12        is also in her statement, anyway, but, "On the shipping
    13        manifest that lists supplies for Otto and Sons, a
    14        multinational corporate big-wig Con Aggerit, Monfort Plant
    15        in Grand Island, Nebraska."  The next part is page 35 of
    16        the article which has got two photographs in the middle of
    17        the page and a caption underneath about, in quotes, "Once a
    18        spillage from the large intestines occurs everything on the
    19        table, including the by-products, becomes contaminated."
    20
    MR. RAMPTON:  Who said that?
    22
    23   MS. STEEL:  Have you not got that page; yes?
    24
    25   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    26
    27   MS. STEEL:  The part that we want to rely on is the first
    28        column, just the paragraph that starts underneath the
    29        photograph, first photograph: "It is in the examination of
    30        the head and cheeks of the slaughtered animals that the
    31        first 'opportunity for growth contamination lies' according
    32        to one long-time Monfort worker.  'The procedures are crude
    33        and often hair remains on the skin, head, and horns.
    34        Ingestion backs up (from the windpipe) and spills out all
    35        over the head.  Unskilled, untrained immigrant workers
    36        often with no experience and little English ability open up
    37        the cheeks to make the glands visible for USDA
    38        inspection.  If the workers remove the glands the inspector
    39        cannot inspect to see if they hold evidence of disease'."
    40
              The next quote as well: "The head and carcass are then
    42        washed in high pressure water eliminating visible dirt but
    43        embedding bacteria deeply into the tissue.  The head is
    44        then separated into head meat - ears, temples, back of head
    45         -  and cheek meat.  This product is then mixed with beef
    46        from other parts of the animal, packed into 60 lbs boxes,
    47        frozen and sold to fast food restaurants across the
    48        country."
    49
    50   MR. RAMPTON:  I would rather Miss Steel did not read out what,
    51        in my mind, is plainly inadmissible material until the
    52        ruling has been had on this question.  She should merely
    53        indicate which are the passages by reference to
    54        uncontentious material.
    55
    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  That is fair enough.  Give me the paragraphs
    57        and the first two or three words down to the last two or
    58        three words.
    59
    60   MS. STEEL:  Okay.  The next paragraph is the next column,