DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,644

KRAFT FOODS
CEREALS/DESSERTS DIVISION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA


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 28, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Kraft Foods, Cereals/Desserts Division, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The workers produce cream of wheat instant hot cereals
and knox gelatin products. The workers are separately
identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the company did not import
cream of wheat instant hot cereals or knox gelatin products
during the relevant period.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of the subject firm workers, NAFTA-5589.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Kraft
Foods, Cereals/Desserts Division, Minneapolis, Minnesota, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 14th day of February 2002.


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