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1 McDonald's, you do not monitor the environmental effects of
2 producing that meat?
3 A. No, not of the meat produced, no.
4
5 Q. In terms of, for example, the amount of sewage produced or
6 the methane given off from -----
7 A. No, not at all. The supplier would but McDonald's does
8 not.
9
10 Q. You do not?
11 A. No.
12
13 Q. What about in terms of social, what is that in relation to?
14 A. Again McDonald's would not be directly involved -- the
15 supplier would.
16
17 Q. Right, but what does "social" mean in this sentence?
18 A. Well, I think they are talking about the social
19 environment as distinct from environmental that we were
20 talking earlier that the animals are raised in.
21
22 Q. To be fair, this first section is not specifically about
23 animals but it is just that I am asking you about that at
24 the moment.
25 A. OK.
26
27 Q. But the "social" does not apply to animals then?
28 A. Well, it marginally does but only marginally. The
29 animal welfare, we have talked about fairly extensively
30 previously. The way McDonald's would get involved in terms
31 of animal welfare is through the quality assurance
32 department and -- I mentioned last week -- the unannounced
33 visits they would make to check that what the inspectors
34 and the veterinary officers say is happening and the
35 suppliers say is happening is, in fact, happening. So, as
36 far as McDonald's is concerned, it is a random check on
37 animal welfare practices.
38
39 Q. I think you mentioned Mrs. Crawford going down to Sun
40 Valley Poultry?
41 A. I did. I did mention Sun Valley specifically but other
42 suppliers too.
43
44 Q. So Mrs. Crawford goes around, what, all the slaughterhouses
45 that supply McDonald's, does she?
46 A. No, she does not, to be perfectly honest. At Sun
47 Valley it is one and the same site, so every time she would
48 go to Sun Valley, she would certainly go through and check
49 the slaughtering operation.
50
51 Q. You said that there had been a number of occasions when she
52 had actually stopped the slaughter line?
53 A. There has been a couple, to my knowledge, when she
54 stopped the line, yes. There may have been more, I am not
55 sure, but there certainly have been a couple, to my
56 knowledge.
57
58 Q. Why was that?
59 A. She did not think that in each case the stunning was
60 adequate.
