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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:106.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">The BSE Inquiry / Statement No 39C</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:119.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Mr Stephen Woodgate</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:133.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Arial" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Issued 17/01/2000</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:147.60pt;top:200.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT TO THE BSE INQUIRY</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Y</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="position:absolute;font-size:0;left:519pt;top:201pt;width: 1pt;height:13pt;background-color:#000000;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:192.60pt;top:213.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">HOMOGENEITY IN MBM PRODUCTION</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="position:absolute;font-size:0;left:519pt;top:214pt;width: 1pt;height:13pt;background-color:#000000;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:246.00pt;top:227.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">BY S L WOODGATE</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:253.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><b><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">HOMOGENEITY IN MBM PRODUCTION</FONT></FONT></b></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:295.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">1.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:295.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">I am happy with the meaning and context of my original statement </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">(1</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:461.40pt;top:293.45pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7.61pt">st</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:473.95pt;top:295.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">October</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="position:absolute;font-size:0;left:519pt;top:295pt;width: 1pt;height:19pt;background-color:#000000;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:315.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="ff0000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">1998) </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><b><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">[WS39, 39A & 39B]</FONT></b><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">, but have added further details as requested.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="position:absolute;font-size:0;left:519pt;top:315pt;width: 1pt;height:20pt;background-color:#000000;"></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:355.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">2.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:355.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">By heterogeneous, I mean discrete body parts such as whole bones, skulls, feet,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:375.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">internal organs etc.  In certain situations whole carcasses may also have entered the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:395.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">rendering process.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:436.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">3.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:436.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">The rendering process works by reducing the particle size by a series of</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:456.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">breakers/crushers.  Typically this will be by a 2 or 3 step process.  However, the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:476.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">final particle size entering the heat treatment part of the process would be from a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:496.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">maximum 50mm (max dimension) in some systems to 10mm (max dimension) in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:516.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">others.  Typically continuous systems would operate in the region 10-30mm</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:537.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">(maximum dimension) particle size.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:577.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">4.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:577.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">On entry into the heat treatment part of the process there would be a reasonable</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:597.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">amount of mixing either by turbulence in the heating medium (typically fat in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:618.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">added fat systems).  However, the tracer studies completed as a prelude to the</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:637.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">inactivation research revealed that some systems afforded transit though the system</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:658.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">more in a “plug flow” manner than others.  The “plug flow” systems were generally</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:678.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">natural or low fat systems, ie. those without excess added fat which might have</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:698.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">effected more turbulence.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:296.40pt;top:1601.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">2</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:948.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">5.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:948.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">The material exiting the heat treatment phase (of all systems) was then pressed to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:968.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">remove excess fat, cooled and milled to a fine powder/meal.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1008.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">6.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1008.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">As I described in my original statement </FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="000000"><b><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">[WS39, 39A & 39B]</FONT></b><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">, the MBM produced</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1029.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">would have a maximum particle size of 2-3mm and would be homogeneous in</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1049.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">terms of protein, fat and ash.  In my opinion, it would also be homogeneous as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1070.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">compared to the original raw material.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1110.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">7.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1110.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">As the material was milled, (from press cake to meal) typically antioxidant would</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1130.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">be sprayed onto the meal.  This occurred in a region of the plant where extra</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1150.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">mixing was required (to distribute the liquid antioxidant onto the powder meal).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1170.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Following this addition, meal may have been transferred to a storage silo, where</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1190.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">extra mixing could have occurred on entry and exit of the silo.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1231.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">8.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1231.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Alternatively meal could have been directly loaded into a bulk lorry for transfer to</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1251.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">the feed mill or into bags (25/50kg) for sale as bagged MBM.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1291.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">9.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1291.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">In terms of changes from previous practice and/or collaboration with feed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1311.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">compounders it is difficult to pinpoint any specific instances.  However, it can be</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1331.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">said that the requirement for homogeneous and consistent MBM was always high</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1352.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">on the list of customers’ (feed compounders) quality issues.  Therefore attempts</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1372.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">were made to ensure that MBM was of a consistent analysis (protein, fat, ash) as</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1392.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">possible.  This was achieved in the main by keeping a consistent ratio of the raw</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1412.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">materials in terms of carcass (bone materials) and offals (soft tissues).</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1452.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">10.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1452.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">Historical analytical results have indicated that this approach was reasonably</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1473.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">successful as standard deviation values for protein, fat and ash reduced over a ten</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1493.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">year period.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:296.40pt;top:2443.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">3</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1790.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">11.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1790.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">In terms of particle size, a requirement for a specific range of particle sizes is</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1810.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">important to the feed compounder, to enable homogeneous mixing with the other</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1831.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">ingredients in the mixture.  However, the particle size requirement for feed</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1850.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">compounders has not changed significantly in the same period.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:88.80pt;top:1891.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">12.</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:116.40pt;top:1891.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">In terms of the “packet theory” I would find it difficult to understand how large</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1912.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">“packets” could retain their integrity throughout the rendering process.  However,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1931.80pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">in terms of microscopic “packages” it is more difficult to be certain.  The</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1952.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">pathogenesis research studies completed during this period have I believe, indicated</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1972.00pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">that the “packet” could be as small as one gramme.  In this context I would imagine</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:1992.40pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">that a one gramme packet might possibly be conveyed from raw material to end</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:2012.20pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">consumer intact.  However, this is my own opinion and I have no absolute evidence</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<SPAN STYLE="color:#000000;position:absolute;left:117.00pt;top:2032.60pt;z-index:3;"><FONT FACE ="Times New Roman" style = "font-size: 12.00pt"><FONT COLOR="000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11.70pt">to prove or deny the 1 gramme “packet” theory.  Unfortunately, proof of such a</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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