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                                                                  DAY 217
 
                                                     MRS. HOVI, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        acceptable in this plant.
     2
     3   Q.   When you say "acceptable", what does that mean?  36 an hour
     4        or 37 an hour, is that -----
     5        A.  As far as I can understand, they meant ------
     6
     7   Q.   When you say "acceptable", is that the maximum or is
     8        that  ------
     9        A.  That would be the maximum, yes.  But if you look at the
    10        records in the appendices closer, you can see that the line
    11        speed, the actual line speed, during the working day was
    12        often faster than that.
    13
    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, just pause a minute.
    15
    16   MR. MORRIS:  Can you find the document?
    17
    18   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Pause a moment, we will come to that in a
    19        moment.  Yes, Mr. Morris would like you to refer to the
    20        documents.
    21
    22   THE WITNESS:  That is the appendix ---
    23
    24   MR. MORRIS:  Just one example or something?
    25        A.  -- to Mr. Bone's statement.  There is an appendix
    26        number ------
    27
    28   Q.   Appendix number?
    29        A.  No. 6.  I find it very difficult to understand what
    30        these documents actually are because they are, obviously,
    31        something that have been -- forms that are meant for some
    32        other use, have been used to calculate the daily through
    33        put of the animals.
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Which pages are you looking at?
    36        A.  I am looking at page, the first page of the appendix
    37        No. 6.
    38
    39   Q.   What, quality assurance cleaning?
    40        A.  No.  It only says LDD at the top.
    41
    42   MR. MORRIS:  Yes.  You may have the wrong appendix, I think.
    43        A.  Appendix number 6.
    44
    45   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Sorry, I was looking in the wrong part.
    46
    47   THE WITNESS:   The first page there, obviously, wrong forms have
    48        been used or forms that have been signed for in one for
    49        another purpose have been used just to write down the daily
    50        through put, divided into hours. 
    51 
    52   MR. JUSTICE BELL:   Yes.  But where do you get your figures from 
    53        which were above 35 an hour?
    54        A.  Well, if you look at the times when -- these are
    55        obviously times when the carcasses have passed the scales,
    56        because this is the scales man's form.  On page 2, for
    57        example -- now I can see one right away there -- on
    58        page 2:  8.30, 9.30, 45; 10.00 to 11.00, 45; 7.00 to 7.30,
    59        23.  This, in my recollection, is more like the line speed
    60        that was -- the line speed usually was well above 35; and
 
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