Expert Witness
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Food
Equipment
An equipment supplier based in the Netherlands
and a customer based in Germany. Claim amount was NLG 5 million. Advice on the
strengths and weaknesses of the case for both sides, including refutation of
the conclusions of microbiological studies carried out on behalf of the
customer, and guidance on the relevant aspects of the EU Machinery Directive
and the laws for the safe production of food.
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Pharmaceutical
Confidential (Sub judice)
o Food Equipment
An equipment supplier based in Germany and a
customer based in the USA. Claim amount over US$50 million. Advised on US legal requirements for
the hygienic design of meat processing equipment.
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Advice on possible reprocessing
methods for meat products containing very fine, short, strands of stainless
steel wire. Also advice on legitimacy of selling the product into the animal
feed sector.