Day 044 - 02 Nov 94 - Page 16

     
     1        A.  I do not know of anything, to my knowledge, that might
     2        be similar, because I am not really aware of the document
     3        that you are talking about in the United Kingdom.  I know
     4        that in the development of our food and the ingredients in
     5        the food there is constant care taken by those that develop
     6        it within the context of making sure that the food is
     7        appropriate.
     8
     9   Q.   When you say "appropriate" do you mean healthy?
    10        A.  Yes, they can fit into a healthy diet, yes.
    11
    12   Q.   A Mars Bar can fit into a healthy diet, can it not, or a
    13        packet of sweets?
    14        A.  I imagine that it could as well, yes.
    15
    16   Q.   You said yesterday that your food was healthy.  Are you
    17        sticking by that?
    18        A.  Yes.  I still believe that our food can be a good part
    19        of a healthy diet, yes.
    20
    MR. MORRIS:   Would you say your food could be described as
    22        healthy?
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  He started the answer with "yes", and then
    25        went on to enlarge on it.
    26
    27   MR. MORRIS:  Based upon that, you are confident that you are
    28        promoting -- I am asking you in the context that you are
    29        the largest food service marketer in the States; is that
    30        correct?
    31        A.  I believe so, yes.
    32
    33   Q.   So you are confident that you are promoting healthy
    34        products?
    35        A.  Yes.  I am confident that our food is healthy food that
    36        can fit into a healthy diet, yes.  Just so I am clear, to
    37        me "healthy", since I am not a nutritionist, in fact means
    38        that it can be part of a healthy diet.  I think the two of
    39        them are, essentially, the same.  I do not want to give you
    40        an impression that I am an expert in this field, and I am
         going pretty much on my opinions and the opinions that
    42        I have read and the opinions that people have told me.
    43
    44   MR. MORRIS:   Yes.  But you are the representative in the court
    45        today of a corporation which you claim is committed to
    46        public health; you are specifically concerned with -- you
    47        are representing the largest marketing company on these
    48        foods.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think you ought to be a bit careful about 
    51        that.  A witness can speak as to his personal view or, if 
    52        he is employed by a large corporation, save in so far as he 
    53        chooses to limit his answer, he can speak on behalf of the
    54        corporation in the field in which he works.  It might not
    55        be right to suggest that he can speak on behalf of the
    56        corporation, in this case, in fields outside marketing,
    57        however high his post is.  If you are going to suggest that
    58        he can speak for the company in fields outside marketing,
    59        you should ask him whether he can, first of all, rather
    60        than just assume he can.