Day 077 - 25 Jan 95 - Page 12
1 LOUIS DAVID WALKER, Sworn
2 Examined by Mr. Rampton
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4 Q. I think you have given your full names, Mr. Walker. Do you
5 have the MBE, a Territorial decoration, and are you a
6 Fellow of the Royal Society of Health?
7 A. Yes, I am.
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9 Q. How did you become a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health?
10 A. By examination in food hygiene and bacteriology.
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12 Q. Could I ask you to keep your voice up a bit? This court is
13 very difficult of hearing. I was asking you about being a
14 Fellow of the Royal Society for Health; I asked you how you
15 obtained that Fellowship, you said I think by examination?
16 A. By examination in food hygiene and bacteriology.
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18 Q. When did you acquire that qualification?
19 A. 1957.
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21 Q. 1957?
22 A. Yes.
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24 Q. When did you finish your formal education, what year,
25 roughly?
26 A. 1953.
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28 Q. What educational establishment were you at that point in
29 your life?
30 A. I was at the University of Bristol.
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32 Q. What were you reading?
33 A. Medicine.
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35 Q. Did you actually succeed in qualifying as a medical doctor?
36 A. No, I did not.
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38 Q. What stage did you conk out?
39 A. I failed second MB.
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41 Q. You failed second MB. Perhaps I should ask you this, are
42 you the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McKey Food
43 Services Limited of Milton Keynes?
44 A. Yes, I am.
45
46 Q. Does that process meat supplied by others for onward sale
47 to third parties?
48 A. Yes, it does.
49
50 Q. How long, Mr. Walker, have you been in the meat business?
51 A. Since 1956.
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53 Q. Where did you start your career -- I mean, which part of
54 the world did you start your career in the meat business?
55 A. I started on Smithfield Market, Birmingham, and then
56 I came to London and then I was sent to Australia for
57 training.
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59 Q. When you started and while you were in Australia for whom
60 did you work?
