DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,507

KERRY, INC.
CEREAL SYSTEMS & FLAVOURS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
TURTLE LAKE, WISCONSIN

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 14, 2011 by a union official from the
Teamsters Local 662 on behalf of workers of Kerry, Inc., Cereal
Systems & Flavours Division, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of ISOs and soy
protein isolates.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the firm, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Kerry,
Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kerry, Inc., Cereal
Systems & Flavours Division, including on-site leased workers of
Manpower, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of ISOs and/or soy protein isolates
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 Kerry, Inc., Cereal Systems & Flavours
Division, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Turtle Lake, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 12, 2010,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on December 20, 2011 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 30th day of November, 2011


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