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     2   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am going to strike that out because there
     3        is no need for Mr. Cannon to apologise.
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     5   MR. MORRIS:  OK.  Strike out the apology.  OK.
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     7   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
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     9   MR. MORRIS:  "1, My own standing.  I am Director of Science at
    10        the World Cancer Research Fund for the last three years.
    11        Most of my work has been as Director of the WCRF Diet and
    12        Cancer Project and its forthcoming report, 'Food, Nutrition
    13        and the Prevention of Cancer, a Global Perspective'.  The
    14        panel responsible for this report includes Professor Philip
    15        James of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen and
    16        Professor AJ McMichael of the London School of Hygiene and
    17        Tropical Medicine, and also Professor Colin Campbell and
    18        Professor Walter Willett who have been heard or cited in
    19        this case.  It is the most eminent body of scientists
    20        assembled for such a purpose.
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    22        "I am also Chairman of the National Food Alliance; was a
    23        member of the official advisory Government Task Force and
    24        of the official UK Government delegation to the FAO/WHO
    25        International Conference on Nutrition; and remain an
    26        advisor to the WHO (Europe) and to the UK Ministry of
    27        Agriculture and the Department of Health.
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    29        "2, Statements made on behalf of the Plaintiffs.  I have
    30        read the additional statements by Professor Naismith, Dr.
    31        Arnott and the article by Dr. Michael Hill referred to by
    32        Dr. Arnott.  It may be helpful to the Court to quote the
    33        final statement made by Dr. Hill in his article:  'As the
    34        results emerge from the current intervention studies it is
    35        likely that it will be reasonable to advise the general
    36        public to eat decreased amounts of total fat and saturated
    37        fats, as is consistent with the specific UK Government
    38        Health of The Nation White Paper, and to eat greater
    39        amounts of cereals and complex carbohydrates.'
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         "3, The current state of judgment on diet and cancer.  I
    42        understand that the Court wishes to know what is the
    43        current state of scientific judgment on the relationship
    44        between diet and cancer, and in particular between fat,
    45        saturated fat, meat, salt, sugar, fibre, vitamins and
    46        minerals and the risk of cancer.  Such judgments are
    47        contained in the conclusions and recommendations of expert
    48        bodies convened for the purpose which form the basis for
    49        international, national and professional policy.  I have
    50        already submitted to the Court relevant passages from: 
    51        1, NAS Report, Diet, Nutrition and Cancer 1982; 2, WHO 
    52        Report, Diet, Nutrition and Prevention of Chronic Diseases 
    53        1990; 3, final report of the FAO/WHO International
    54        Conference on Nutrition, 1992; 4, the Report of the US DHHS
    55        on Nutrition and Health 1988; 5, the European Code Against
    56        Cancer published by the EU yearly.
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    58        "I can bring to Court recent statements issued by the
    59        American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute, the
    60        Scottish Office, the Cancer Research Campaign and the EU