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     1        effects noted'."  The reference to that is the Scientific
     2        Committee for Food Report of 1983, I think.
     3        A.  Yes, indeed, on page 53.
     4
     5   Q.   Yes.  It might be 1979?
     6        A.  No, 1983.
     7
     8   Q.   1983?
     9        A.  Yes.
    10
    11   Q.   That emphasise in italics is yours; you acknowledge that in
    12        the next parenthesis, do you not?
    13        A.  Yes.
    14
    15   Q.   This is you continuing:  "Given that it was not possible to
    16        establish a no-effect level, the customary rationale for
    17        setting an ADI should have been deemed inapplicable.  The
    18        SCF chose, however, to award a full rather than temporary
    19        ADI of 0.8 mg/kg body weight, while requesting the results
    20        of a further 90-day study to establish a no-effect level,
         and to clarify the underlying mechanism.  In so doing they
    22        clearly indicated that they were assuming that a no-effect
    23        level could be found, even though there was no specific
    24        evidence in that regard."
    25        A.  Yes.
    26
    27   Q.   "Despite requesting the results of such a study, the SCF
    28        has never subsequently commented on Amaranth."   Do you
    29        have up there still -- I hope you do -- volume orange IV,
    30        which are the references of Professor Walker and
    31        Dr. Arnott?  Professor Walker's references are in the first
    32        half of that file.  I ask you, please, Dr. Millstone, to
    33        turn to tab 5.
    34        A.  Yes, indeed, which is Food Additives Series No. 19
    35        dated 1984.
    36
    37   Q.   Yes, 1984, this is JECFA?
    38        A.  Yes, it is.
    39
    40   Q.   Is it right that JECFA and SCF communicate with each other,
         pool, as it were, the materials and the results of their
    42        deliberations?
    43        A.  It is my understanding that there is some communication
    44        between the two.  How complete and effective that is, I am
    45        not sure.  My understanding is that the Scientific
    46        Secretary of the SCF is an observer at JECFA meetings.
    47        I suspect there is some overlap in membership between the
    48        two, but the extent of that overlap in that year I could
    49        not precisely describe without further research.
    50 
    51   Q.   This JECFA document in 1984 ---- 
    52 
    53   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is tab E.  You are on numbers, we are on
    54        letters. I merely say it so it goes on the transcript.
    55
    56   MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, E.  This document which is published in 1984
    57        is not a secret document, is it, Dr. Millstone?
    58        A.  It is a published document.
    59
    60   Q.   A published document.  Do you think it likely, therefore,