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79
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Tyson Foods, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Tyson Foods, Inc. as of October 3, 2009 and September 27, 2008,
and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
October 3, 2009. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a). These financial
statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Those standards require 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 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 October 3, 2009 and September 27, 2008, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended October 3, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also,
in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
As reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes) in
2008.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Tyson
Foods, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of October 3, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report
dated November 23, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Rogers, Arkansas
November 23, 2009