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                             February 22, 2024

       John Tyson
       Chief Financial Officer
       Tyson Foods, Inc.
       2200 West Don Tyson Parkway
       Springdale, Arkansas 72762

                                                        Re: Tyson Foods, Inc.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2023
                                                            File No. 001-14704

       Dear John Tyson:

              We have limited our review of your filing to the financial
statements and related
       disclosures and have the following comments.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2023

       Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
       Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 33

   1.                                                   We note that you
attribute the decrease in net cash provided by operating activities
                                                        "primarily due to lower
earnings as a result of operations and a decrease in Accounts
                                                        Payable" even though
accounts payable actually increased. Please provide a more
                                                        informative discussion
and analysis of cash flows from operating activities, including
                                                        changes in working
capital components, for the periods presented. In doing so, explain the
                                                        underlying reasons and
implications of material changes between periods to provide
                                                        investors with an
understanding of trends and variability in cash flows. Also ensure that
                                                        your disclosures are
not merely a recitation of changes evident from the financial
                                                        statements. Please
refer to Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release No. 33-8350.
       Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
       Note 17: Segment Reporting, page 79

   2.                                                   We note that the net
sales disclosed for your reportable segments are inclusive of
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         intersegment sales. Please revise your presentation in future filings
to disclose revenues
         from external customers for each reportable segment as required by ASC
280-10-50-
         22(a). Show us what your revised net sales disclosures would have
looked like for the
         historical periods presented. Also see the illustrative examples in
ASC 280-10-55-48 and
         55-49.
Note 20: Commitments and Contingencies, page 83

3.       Please address the following comments related to your contingencies:

                We note your disclosure of several legal proceedings "for which
the magnitude of the
              potential exposure could be material" to your financial
statements. To the extent it is
              reasonably possible you will incur losses in excess of recorded
accruals related to
              your contingencies, please provide the applicable disclosures
required by ASC 450-
              20-50-3 through -4, including the amount or range of reasonably
possible losses in
              excess of recorded amounts. If an estimate of reasonably possible
additional losses
              can be made and that amount, both for each individual matter and
in the aggregate, is
              not material to your consolidated financial position, results of
operations or cash
              flows, we will not object to a statement to that effect.
Alternatively, if no amount of
              loss in excess of recorded accruals is believed to be reasonably
possible, please state
              this in your disclosure. Although we recognize that there are a
number of
              uncertainties and potential outcomes associated with loss
contingencies, please note
              that ASC 450 does not require estimation of a reasonably possible
range of loss with
              precision or certainty.

                As noted on page 24 of your Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended December 30,
              2023, we note that you reached a proposed settlement of a wage
rate litigation matter
              and recorded an accrual of $72.5 million. Please tell us how you
determined an
              accrual was not necessary as of your September 30, 2023 fiscal
year-end or, at a
              minimum, disclosure of the quantitative range of reasonably
possible losses.
              Specifically discuss the events that transpired between your
November 13, 2023
              Form 10-K filing date and the December 22, 2023 settlement
agreement date.

       In closing, we remind you that the company and its management are
responsible for the
accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review,
comments, action or
absence of action by the staff.

       Please contact Charles Eastman at 202-551-3794 or Andrew Blume at
202-551-3254 with
any questions.



                                                               Sincerely,

                                                               Division of
Corporation Finance
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Tyson Foods, Inc.
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