DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,365

AGRILINK FOODS, INCORPORATED
ALAMO, TEXAS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.
 The investigation was initiated on November 20, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Agrilink
Foods, Inc., Alamo, Texas. The workers produced frozen
vegetables.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Company imports of broccoli and okra remained the same in FY
2000 compared to FY 1999.
Workers at the Alamo facility will be separated because of the
consolidation of most of the subject facility's operations into
other company facilities located domestically.
Corporate-wide sales and production increased in FY 2000
compared to FY 1999.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Agrilink
Foods, Inc., Alamo, Texas are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of January, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance