Day 099 - 08 Mar 95 - Page 09
1 restaurant do they get frozen?
2 A. They are frozen immediately after processing, and they
3 remain in that state right until the point of cooking in
4 the restaurant.
5
6 Q. Beef and, largely speaking, pork come from McKey's?
7 A. Correct.
8
9 Q. Chicken comes from Sun Valley?
10 A. Correct.
11
12 Q. At the moment I think we know that the majority, or the
13 vast majority, of your chicken products are being supplied
14 by a facility in France?
15 A. Yes.
16
17 Q. Which is owned by Cargill which owns Sun Valley; is that
18 right?
19 A. Correct.
20
21 Q. Are those chicken products also frozen?
22 A. Yes, they are.
23
24 Q. That ones that come from France?
25 A. Yes, they are.
26
27 Q. Are the beef products frozen at McKey's then?
28 A. Yes, they are.
29
30 Q. And the pork?
31 A. Yes, they are.
32
33 Q. The chicken is frozen by Cargill in France?
34 A. Correct.
35
36 Q. Take the chicken products which come from France first,
37 please. Describe, please, without going into enormous
38 detail the progress of their journey from the facility --
39 it is near Orleon, I think, is it not ---
40 A. Yes, correct.
41
42 Q. -- in central France -- their preguess from Orleon to
43 England first of all. By what method are they transported?
44 A. By a frozen trailer, a truck.
45
46 Q. Then they go across the sea, I take it?
47 A. Correct.
48
49 Q. In a boat?
50 A. Correct.
51
52 Q. Then what happens, is it a container lorry, sort of thing?
53 A. It is, indeed.
54
55 Q. So it is the same lorry that completes the journey on this
56 side of the Channel?
57 A. It is the same Sun Valley lorry, yes.
58
59 Q. Where does the Sun Valley lorry deposit its load of frozen
60 chicken?
