Day 106 - 23 Mar 95 - Page 35

     
     1        are McKey's Microbiological Guidelines for raw meat.  The
     2        next batch of importance -----
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     4   MR. JUSTICE BELL (To the witness):  Have you seen that before?
     5        A.  To be frank, my Lord, it is difficult to say.  I have
     6        seen that many documents.  It looks familiar.  It certainly
     7        does not take me much time to absorb the content at all.
     8
     9   Q.   Right, i will put a query against that.
    10
    11   MR. RAMPTON:  The next batch, tab 5 of the same bundle, which
    12        are the McKey quality control summaries sent to McDonald's
    13        for beef and pig.
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have you seen those?
    16
    17   MR. RAMPTON: Particularly the last few pages which contain
    18        recorded results in summary for a particular week.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Have you seen those, Mr. North?
         A.  I do not recall them, my Lord, but, as I say, it does
    22        not take me much time to absorb the content.
    23
    24   Q.   Maybe, but I would like you to tell us whether you recall
    25        seeing them or not before.  So I have put query against
    26        tab 3 and I have put a cross against tab 5.  Yes?
    27
    28   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, perhaps one should have started actually
    29        at tab 1B of this volume because those are the origins of
    30        the matter in this sense, that they are the McDonald's
    31        specifications, microbiological specifications, for chicken
    32        and beef.  I am sorry they are out of order.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do you remember seeing those microbiological
    35        criteria before, those specifications?
    36        A.  I have not seen that, my Lord, but -----
    37
    38   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Do not make any comment on it; just whether
    39        you have seen them or not.  I will put a cross against
    40        that.
         A.  I must say, my Lord, my memory is not reliable.  I have
    42        not seen that many documents.
    43
    44   Q.   Very well.
    45
    46   MR. RAMPTON:  Then, my Lord, at tab 7C, there has been for a bit
    47        of time now that pair of typewritten sheets, purporting to
    48        show the results of microbiological tests both on raw meat
    49        and on finished product for 12th January 1994, again from
    50        McKey's.  That has now been supplemented by documents from 
    51        McKey's relating both to January 1992 and January 1994 
    52        consisting partly of sheets from the microbiological ledger 
    53        and partly from meat receiving reports.  Those the
    54        Defendants had, I think, on Monday.  I hope your Lordship
    55        has that?
    56
    57   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    58
    59   MR. RAMPTON:  If one moves on to tab 8 one moves to -----
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