Hormel Foods (HRL) 10-Q 2004 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002(1)

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 24, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)	The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:	September 2, 2004		/s/ JOEL W. JOHNSON
			JOEL W. JOHNSON
			Chairman of the Board and
			Chief Executive Officer
Dated:		September 2, 2004	/s/ MICHAEL J. McCOY
			MICHAEL J. McCOY
			Executive Vice President and
			Chief Financial Officer

(1)A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Hormel Foods Corporation and will be retained by Hormel Foods Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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