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55
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
TYSON FOODS, INC. 2001 ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets of Tyson Foods, Inc., as of September 29, 2001, and
September 30, 2000, and the related consolidated statements
of income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended September 29, 2001. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing stan-
dards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of Tyson Foods, Inc., at September 29, 2001, and
September 30, 2000, and the consolidated results of its opera-
tions and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended September 29, 2001, in conformity with accounting prin-
ciples generally accepted in the United States.
Little Rock, Arkansas
November 12, 2001