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EXHIBIT 23.1


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


       We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Forms S-8 (File Nos. 333-43297, 333-62097,333-62099) of
International Home Foods, Inc. of our report dated February 22, 1999, relating
to the consolidated financial statements of International Home Foods, Inc. as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and
1996, which appears in the Annual Report to Stockholders, which is incorporated
in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.





PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP                  
                                    
New York, New York
March 30, 1999