DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,940

CONAGRA FOODS, INC.
SNACK FOODS DIVISION
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 6, 2009 on behalf of workers of ConAgra Foods,
Inc., Snack Foods Division, San Jose, California. The workers
were engaged in work related to the production of beef jerky
snacks.
The investigation revealed that workers of ConAgra Foods
who are engaged in employment related to the production of beef
jerky snacks meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated during the relevant time
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of beef jerky snacks by ConAgra Foods have
decreased absolutely during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with beef jerky snacks
by ConAgra Foods have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at ConAgra Foods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ConAgra Foods, Inc.,
Snack Foods Division, San Jose, California, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of beef jerky snacks meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ConAgra Foods, Inc., Snack Foods Division,
San Jose, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 31, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of April, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance