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                                                                  DAY 217
 
                                                     MRS. HOVI, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        June or July 1994 after I left Jarrets.
     2
     3   Q.   I think you gave evidence before that this is something you
     4        were saying that they should -----
     5        A.  Well, particularly in the light of the fact that the
     6        men had to enter the slaughter hall from outside,
     7        I considered it extremely important that their footwear be
     8        washed before they enter.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I think you started your reference to the
    11        plan by saying you could say where the Portakabin was?
    12        A.  At the ------
    13
    14   Q.   Where was that?
    15        A.  The Portakabin is -- you see a room called "mess"
    16        attached to the lairage at the bottom left-hand corner of
    17        the map.
    18
    19   Q.   Yes.
    20        A.  That is where the men changed their -- they got their
    21        clean clothing every morning from the room called linen
    22        store.  They walked outside to the mess with the clean
    23        clothing.
    24
    25   Q.   Was the linen store where it is shown on the map, on the
    26        plan?
    27        A.  Yes.  These were all Portakabins, separate buildings
    28        from the abattoir.
    29
    30   Q.   Yes.
    31        A.  They walked outside in the mess, changed their clothes
    32        and again entered -----
    33
    34   Q.   The mess was a Portakabin, as well, was it?
    35        A.  That was a Portakabin as well.  Then they entered the
    36        abattoir through the door next to the mess changing room
    37        toilets block.  There is a door leading to a stairway which
    38        goes upstairs to where vets office and slaughters hall
    39        manager's hall office is; and then they enter slaughter
    40        hall at the entrance where the booth wash now is marked.
    41
    42   Q.   Yes.
    43        A.  These were the major changes on the map, as far as I am
    44        concerned, since I gave evidence last.
    45
    46   Q.   Yes, I appreciate there are changes.  What I thought you
    47        were going to tell me -- and you started to do so -- you
    48        have had an opportunity to look at this, have you?
    49        A.  Yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   -- anywhere where you think it is not on the map as it was 
    52        when you worked there.  You told me about the pithing rod 
    53        sterilizer and the puller chain sterilizer.
    54        A.  Yes.
    55
    56   Q.   Were there any other -----
    57        A.  The boot wash, obviously.
    58
    59   Q.   And the boot wash?
    60        A.  There are not any other major changes as far as the
 
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