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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * TYSON JOHN H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TYSON FOODS INC [(TSN)] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 2210 W. OAKLAWN 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/28/2007 (Street) SPRINGDALE, AR 72762 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 09/15/2007   J(1) V 13,407 A $ 0 2,327,239 D   Class A Common Stock 09/28/2007   D(2)   784,850 D $ 0 1,542,389 D   Class A Common Stock 08/31/2007   J(3) V 180 A $ 0 104,219 I By ESPP Class A Common Stock               1,000 I By Daughter Class A Common Stock               1,000 I By Son

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Shares

(4)

09/28/2007

D

136,703.6012

(4)

(4)

Class A Common Stock

136,703.6012

$ 0

0

D

Performance Shares

(4)

09/28/2007

D

150,000

(4)

(4)

Class A Common Stock

150,000

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
TYSON JOHN H 2210 W. OAKLAWN SPRINGDALE, AR 72762	X

Signatures

By: /s/R. Read Hudson, by Power of Attorney for		10/01/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(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).
(1)	Represents 13,407 shares of restricted Class A Common Stock received by the reporting person pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature under the Issuer 's 2000 Stock Incentive Plan through September 15, 2007. Such acquisition is exempt from Section 16 reporting requirements pursuant to Rule 16a-11.
(2)	On September 28, 2007, Tyson Foods, Inc. ("Tyson") entered into a new Agreement with the reporting person. In connection with the new Agreement, 784,850 shares of Tyson Class A Common Stock granted on July 29, 2003 and scheduled to vest on February 12, 2008 were cancelled.
(3)	Represents 180 shares purchased of Class A Common Stock from May 1, 2007 thru August 31, 2007 for the reporting person's account under the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Such acquisitions are exempt from Section 16 reporting requirements pursuant to Rule 16a-3.
(4)	Pursuant to the new Agreement with the reporting person, 150,000.0000 performance shares granted on October 4, 2004 and 136,703.6012 performance shares granted on October 3, 2005 were cancelled.

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