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     2   Q.   And following that?
     3        A.  Following that I took up a contract with the Finnish
     4        Overseas Development Agency and worked in Nicaragua as an
     5        Animal Health Adviser in a dairy project.  A large part of
     6        that work was concerned with public health work as well.
     7        We established public health standards locally for meat and
     8        milk with the local public health officials, and I trained
     9        people on antimortem and postmortem examination of meat.
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    11   Q.   That was when?
    12        A.  I went there late 1992 and I came back at the end of
    13        1993.  It was a year's contract.  After that in 1994, much
    14        earlier in 1994, in April, I worked for Eville and Jones at
    15        the Jarretts abattoir.
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    17   Q.   Since then?
    18        A.  I was dismissed from my employment with Eville and
    19        Jones after a month's employment.  After that I worked from
    20        June 1994, that is, I worked for seven months as a
         temporary Veterinary Inspector for the Ministry of
    22        Agriculture in Gloucester in their Gloucester Animal Health
    23        Office doing mainly work on TB tracing, BSE, and animal
    24        welfare.  Since then I have not worked.  We moved from
    25        Bristol to Reading recently and I am going to start full
    26        time employment with the Commonwealth Bureau of Agriculture
    27        in May.
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    29   Q.   What would be your position at the Commonwealth Bureau?
    30        A.  Information Officer.
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    32   Q.   I note that you have a qualification from the University of
    33        Zimbabwe as well?
    34        A.  Yes.  My Finnish Degree at the time was not recognised
    35        by the Botswanan authorities and they expected me to do
    36        further or basically pass qualification examinations either
    37        in South Africa or Zimbabwe and I did that.
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    39   Q.   Are you fluent in Finnish, English, Swedish and Spanish?
    40        A.  Well, I should say so, yes.
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    42   Q.   And a good knowledge of German?
    43        A.  Yes.
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    45   Q.   You have been designated an Official Veterinary Surgeon in
    46        Red Meat by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries?
    47        A.  Yes, that is right.
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    49   Q.   You are a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
    50        Surgeons? 
    51        A.  Yes. 
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    53   Q.   Your statement that you made on December 4th 1994 for the
    54        purposes of this case, are you prepared to have that taken
    55        as read as a true record of your opinion?
    56        A.  Yes.
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    58   Q.   Do you have a copy in front of you?
    59        A.  No, I do not.
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