TYSON FOODS BOARD MEETS

                   Declares stock dividend
  Adds Rayovac Corp. Chairman/ CEO, David Jones,  to Board

      Springdale,  AR  (August 11, 2000) - In its  regularly
scheduled quarterly board meeting today, Tyson Foods, Inc.'s
(NYSE:TSN)  Board  of Directors voted to  add  a  new  board
member and to pay a dividend on its stock.
      David  Jones, chairman of the board and CEO of Rayovac
Corp.  (NYSE:  ROV) was elected to a position on  the  Tyson
Board of Directors.  Jones has served as the chairman of the
Board  of Directors and CEO of Rayovac since September 1996.
From 1996 to April 1998, he also served as President.
     Prior  to his current duties, Mr. Jones served as chief
operating  officer, chief executive officer and chairman  of
the  board  of directors of Thermoscan, (95-96)  Inc.   From
1989  to  1994,  he served as President and Chief  Executive
Officer  of The Regina Company.  From 1985 to 1989, he  also
served   as   Executive   Vice   President   of   Electrolux
Corporation.
     Jones  has over 25 years of experience working  in  the
consumer  products industry, most recently in management  of
operations, manufacturing and marketing. He spent his  early
career with the General Electric Company in many
different managerial positions.
     Jones' other board memberships include chairman of  the
board  of United Industries, a $350 million private consumer
products company, and University of Wisconsin-Madison School
of Business Dean's Advisory Board.
      Jones  holds a bachelor of science degree in  business
administration   from   Spaulding  University,   Louisville,
Kentucky.
     The  Board  of  Directors  also  declared  a  quarterly
dividend  of  $0.04 per share on Class A  common  stock  and
$0.036  per  share  on  Class B  common  stock,  payable  on
December 15, 2000 to shareholders of record at the close  of
business on December 1, 2000.
     Tyson  Foods,  Inc., founded in 1935,  is  the  world's
largest fully integrated producer, processor and marketer of
chicken and poultry-based food products with annual sales in
excess  of  $7  billion.  Over the years, the Tyson  product
line has expanded to include prepared meals and entrees, and
specialty products such as corn chips and tortillas.   Tyson
Foods is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
      For  further information, contact Tyson's Director  of
Investor Relations, Louis Gottsponer at (501) 290-4826 or Ed
Nicholson, Corporate Public Relations Director at (501) 290-
4591.









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