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     1        A.  Again, I am not sure I understand the question.  The
     2        people that work within the company, for example, as you
     3        have talked about, who are nutritionists, work with the
     4        people who develop the food and prepare the food.
     5
     6   Q.   Yes.  I am talking about whether your department as a
     7        department cares about the health of the public?
     8        A.  Certainly, as an individual, yes.
     9
    10   Q.   I am talking about your department, or is it not something
    11        that bothers you at all, as a department?
    12        A.  No.  It is obviously something that I think everyone
    13        cares about, the health of public.
    14
    15   Q.   Everyone in your department?
    16        A.  I think that most everyone who is in business cares
    17        about people.
    18
    19   Q.   We are not talking about everyone in business; we are
    20        talking about McDonald's Corporation.
         A.  Sure.
    22
    23   Q.   And your department with it.
    24        A.  Yes.
    25
    26   Q.   Are they abiding by and promoting McDonald's care for the
    27        public health?
    28        A.  I think we are promoting McDonald's, and we are doing
    29        it in a way that does not affect, negatively, public
    30        health, yes.
    31
    32   Q.   But the Corporation, you said, does not just want to be
    33        affecting negatively; they positively want to, you said,
    34        care about the public's health?
    35        A.  I think I answered the question.  I believe we do care
    36        about it, yes.
    37
    38   Q.   Your department would care about the public's health?
    39        A.  Certainly.
    40
    Q.   Are you aware of international health concerns over foods
    42        that are high in fat, sugar and salt, and low in fibre?
    43        A.  I certainly have read in the newspapers in the United
    44        States about that, as well as reading material, yes.
    45
    46   Q.   Your nutritional consultants or in-house department will be
    47        aware of that, presumably?
    48        A.  I would assume that they read the same kinds of
    49        information as I do.
    50 
    51   Q.   It is their job, is it not?  It is their job to be aware 
    52        about the public health, is it not? 
    53        A.  From a nutritional point of view, I would think if they
    54        were nutritionists, absolutely.
    55
    56   MR. MORRIS:   If they did not, they would get the sack,
    57        presumably?
    58
    59   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  To what extent do you come into contact with
    60        nutritionists in the company?  You are being asked about