Hormel Foods (HRL) 10-K 2008 FY Annual 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

In connection with the Annual Report of Hormel Foods Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended October 26, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (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:	December 23, 2008	/s/ JEFFREY M. ETTINGER
		JEFFREY M. ETTINGER
		Chairman of the Board, President
		and Chief Executive Officer
Dated:	December 23, 2008	/s/ JODY H. FERAGEN
		JODY H. FERAGEN
		Senior Vice President
		and Chief Financial Officer

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