DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,556

CONAGRA FOODS, INC
CONAGRA GROCERY PRODUCTS COMPANY
HUNT FOODS
PERRYSBURG, OHIO

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
eligibility 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 January 14, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by United Food and Commercial Workers
Union local 911 on behalf of workers at ConAgra Foods, Inc.,
ConAgra Grocery Products Company, Hunt Foods, Perrysburg, Ohio.
The workers produced tomato sauces, barbeque sauces, and pudding.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The subject firm did not import tomato sauces, barbeque
sauces, or pudding during the relevant period. Furthermore, it has
been determined that all production from the subject firm was
shifted domestically to a ConAgra Grocery Products Company
manufacturing facility in Tennessee.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at ConAgra
Foods, Inc., ConAgra Grocery Products Company, Hunt Foods,
Perrysburg, Ohio engaged in employment related to the production of
tomato sauces, barbeque sauces, and pudding, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of May, 2002.




/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance