Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


By this Power of Attorney given this 5th day of February 2009, Stephen S. Clark,
an  individual  residing  at  1346  Princeton  Place,   Wexford,   Pennsylvania,
authorizes  Theodore N. Bobby,  Esquire,  Executive  Vice  President and General
Counsel of H. J. Heinz Company,  Patrick J. Guinee,  Esquire,  Assistant General
Counsel of H. J. Heinz Company,  and Rene D. Biedzinski,  Corporate Secretary of
H. J. Heinz Company, a Pennsylvania  corporation with offices located at One PPG
Place, Suite 3100, Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania (collectively, the "Attorneys," and
each, individually, the "Attorney"), to perform the following on my behalf:

                To prepare,  execute,  and file on my behalf all Forms 3, 4,
                and 5, and amendments  thereto,  necessary or appropriate to
                comply with  Section 16 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
                1934 (the "Act") and the rules and  regulations  promulgated
                pursuant to the Act.

This Power of Attorney is valid until revoked by me.

I acknowledge that the Attorneys, in serving in such capacity at my request, are
not assuming, nor is H. J. Heinz Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.




/s/  Stephen S. Clark
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Stephen S. Clark