| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2008 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TYSON FOODS INC
[TSN]
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr.
4)
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Amount of Securities Owned (Instr.
4)
| 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
5)
| 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
5)
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
| 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security
| 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)
| 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
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| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| No securities are beneficially owned |
| Nathan Hodne, Attorney-in-Fact for Brad T. Sauer | 10/08/2008 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
To Whom It May Concern:
I, Brad T. Sauer, the undersigned, of 2210 W.
Oaklawn Drive, Springda1e,AR 72762, hereby appoint J.
Alberto Gonzalez-Pita, R. Read Hudson and Nathan Hodne
as my true and lawful attorneys in fact, giving to each
individually the full power and authority to execute
and file on my behalf all forms necessary for reporting
my transactions in Tyson Foods, Inc. securities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including without
limitation Forms 3, 4 or 5.
This power of attorney will continue until terminated by me
in writing, or until I am no longer required to report my
trading activity in Tyson Foods, Inc. securities to the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ BRAD T. SAUER
Brad T. Sauer
STATE OF ARKANSAS)
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COUNTY OF WASHINGTON)
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day
appeared Brad T. Sauer, known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and
acknowledged to me that he executed the instrument for the
purposes and consideration expressed in the instrument, as
the act and deed of Brad T. Sauer.
Given under my hand and seal of office on the 8th day
of October, 2008.
/s/ JANET KESNER
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 5-1-2014
(SEAL)