DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,501

CAROLINA BRAND FOODS, div. of TYSON FOODS GROUP
HOLLY RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on May 6, 2002, in response to
a petition filed by the UFCW Local 204 on behalf of workers at
Carolina Brand Foods, div. of Tyson Foods Group, Holly Ridge, North
Carolina. The workers produced bacon.



The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not import bacon. Layoffs at Holly
Ridge, North Carolina are wholly attributable to a transfer of
production to other domestic locations. The parent company has
exhibited sales increases in the corporate divisions in which bacon
is marketed. U.S. imports of bacon decreased during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Carolina
Brand Foods, div. of Tyson Foods Group, Holly Ridge, North
Carolina, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of July, 2002.

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