CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                                    
                                    
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) of Tyson Foods, Inc. of our report dated November 14, 1994,
included in the 1994 Annual Report to Shareholders of Tyson Foods, Inc.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement (Form S-8 Nos. 33-30680; 33-20586; 2-81928; 2-44550; 33-53026)
pertaining to certain employee benefit plans of Tyson Foods, Inc. and the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No.33-54716) on behalf of certain selling
shareholders of the Company, of our reports dated November 14, 1994, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Tyson
Foods, Inc. included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended October 1, 1994.


/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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    ERNST & YOUNG LLP
    December 14, 1994
    Little Rock, Arkansas




































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