UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                     
                           ____________________
                                     
                         
                                 FORM 8-A
                                     
             FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                     
                                     
                             TYSON FOODS, INC.
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
                                     
                                     
                DELAWARE                                 71-0225165
(State of incorporation or organization)             (I.R.S. Employer
                                                    Identification No.)

  2210 W. OAKLAWN DRIVE, SPRINGDALE, AR                  72762-6999
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)


     Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title of each class                Name of each exchange on which
     To be so registered                each class is to be registered
     ___________________                ______________________________

Class A Common Stock, $.10 Par Value     New York Stock Exchange
                                     
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to general
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [X]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to general
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [  ]

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form
relates:
_____________ (if applicable)

                                     
     Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
                                     
                                  None
                            (Title of Class)






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Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities
          to be Registered
          ______________________________________

          Class A Common Stock, $.10 Par Value
          ____________________________________

      The capital stock of Tyson Foods, Inc. (the "Company" or
"Registrant") to be registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the
"Exchange"), is the Registrant's Common Stock with a par value of $.10 per
share ("Class A Common Stock").  Holders of Class A Common Stock are
entitled to one vote per share. Holders of Class B Common Stock, par value
$.10 ("Class B Common Stock") may convert suchstock into Class A Common
Stock on a share-for-share basis.  Holders of Class B Common Stock are
entitled to ten votes per share. Except as required by law, holders of
Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock vote together as a single
class. Cash dividends cannot be paid to holders of Class B Common Stock
unless they are simultaneously paid to holders of Class A stock, and the
per share amount of the cash dividend paid to holders of Class B Common
Stock cannot exceed 90% of the cash dividend simultaneously paid to holders
of Class A Common Stock.  No pre-emptive rights are conferred upon the
holders of such stock and there are no liquidation or conversion rights
other than stated above.   The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available, solely for the purpose of issue upon conversion of the
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of Class
A Common Stock as shall be issuable upon the conversion of all such
outstanding shares.
          
      There are no provisions of the registrant's charter or by-laws that
would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in
control of the registrant.
          
Item 2.  Exhibits.

      All exhibits required by Instruction II to Item 2 will be supplied to
the New York Stock Exchange.
          
          
                             SIGNATURES
                             __________
                         
      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of  1934, The Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                              TYSON FOODS, INC.

                              /s/ Wayne Britt
                              ____________________________
                              Wayne Britt
                              Executive Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer

Dated:   October 2, 1997
                              



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                            EXHIBITS TO FORM 8-A


1. 1996 Annual Report on Form  10-K.

2. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended
   December 28, 1996; March 29, 1997 and June 28, 1997.

3. Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated December 6, 1996.

4. Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and its Amended and Restated
   By-Laws.

5. Copy of the certificate representing the security to be registered
   hereunder.

6. 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders.









































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