Day 081 - 31 Jan 95 - Page 05
1 first of all, with Sun Valley, you saw I think at Sun
2 Valley what you called the primary processing plant?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 Q. Which is where the chickens are slaughtered and
6 defeathered?
7 A. Yes.
8
9 Q. Then I think you also saw the deboning operation?
10 A. Yes.
11
12 Q. Is that right?
13 A. Yes.
14
15 Q. What did you see at Bowes in Norfolk?
16 A. In Bowes I saw the same, the processing of the pigs and
17 then the cutting up.
18
19 Q. What did you see at Midland Meat Packers?
20 A. At Midland Meat Packers I saw the slaughtering process.
21
22 Q. At McKey's you saw the meat process?
23 A. Yes.
24
25 Q. You went twice, I think, to McKeys, did you not, once on
26 your own for the Plaintiffs?
27 A. Yes.
28
29 Q. Then once to accompany the Defendants' expert, Mr. North?
30 A. Yes.
31
32 Q. As between your two visits to McKey, was there any
33 significant difference you noticed between what you saw and
34 what was shown to yourself and Mr. North?
35 A. No.
36
37 Q. Did those establishments, those four establishments, have
38 laboratory facilities that you saw?
39 A. Yes.
40
41 Q. They did -- all of them?
42 A. Yes.
43
44 Q. Perhaps I should ask you this: What course does the
45 division of Environmental Health teach at Strathclyde?
46 A. We teach an under graduate degree in Environmental
47 Health.
48
49 Q. Do you also teach post graduate students?
50 A. Yes, we do.
51
52 Q. Did you yourself obtain your doctorate from Strathclyde?
53 A. Yes, I did.
54
55 Q. From your experience as a practising EHO and from your
56 academic knowledge as a professor at a university, can
57 I ask you in turn the same question for each
58 establishment? First of all, Sun Valley: How do you rate
59 Sun Valley from the point of view of food safety of the end
60 product for human consumption?
