8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)     July 2, 2008
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                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                      001-13403                84-1032638
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(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission               (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)

         4100 N. Mulberry Drive, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64116
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (816) 584-5000
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                                 Not Applicable
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              (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.03   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.

     The Board of Directors of American  Italian Pasta  Company (the  "Company")
adopted  an  Amendment  to its  Amended  and  Restated  By-Laws  of the  Company
effective July 2, 2008.

     The Amendment revised and replaced Article VII, Shares of Capital Stock, to
clarify the Company's  ability to issue and transfer  uncertificated  shares and
the  method of  handling  lost  certificates  and to  eliminate  an  unnecessary
provision regarding transfer agents.

     A copy of the  Amendment  to the  By-Laws is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto
and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

            (c)     Exhibits.

            3.1     Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws.

                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


     Date:  July 8, 2008             AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY


                                       By:  /s/ Paul R. Geist
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                                                Paul R. Geist
                                                Chief Financial Officer

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number             Description

   3.1                     Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws.

EX-3

                                AMENDMENTS TO THE
                          AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
                                       OF
                         AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY


     The Amended and  Restated  By-laws of American  Italian  Pasta  Company are
amended as follows:

1. Article VII is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     1.  Stock.   The  shares  of  the  Corporation   shall  be  represented  by
certificates or shall be uncertificated.  Each registered holder of shares, upon
request  to the  Corporation,  shall be  provided  with a  certificate  of stock
representing  the number of shares owned by such  holder.  The  certificates  of
stock  of the  Corporation  shall  be in the  form or  forms  from  time to time
approved by the Board of  Directors.  Such  certificates  shall be numbered  and
registered,  shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares, and shall
be  signed  in the name of the  Corporation  by the  following  officers  of the
Corporation:  the  President  or a Vice  President;  and by the  Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer,  or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.  Any or all of
the  signatures  may be a  facsimile.  In case any  officer,  transfer  agent or
registrar  who has signed or whose  facsimile  signature  has been placed upon a
certificate  shall have ceased to be such officer,  transfer  agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued,  it may be issued by the Corporation with the
same effect as if he or she were such  officer,  transfer  agent or registrar at
the date of issue.

     2.  Lost  Certificates.  The  Board  of  Directors  or any  officer  of the
Corporation to whom the Board of Directors has delegated authority may authorize
any  transfer  agent of the  Corporation  to  issue,  and any  registrar  of the
Corporation  to  register,  at any time and from time to time  unless  otherwise
directed,  a new  certificate  or  certificates  of  stock  in  the  place  of a
certificate or certificates  theretofore  issued by the Corporation,  alleged to
have been lost or destroyed,  upon receipt by the transfer  agent of evidence of
such loss or  destruction,  which may be the affidavit of the applicant;  a bond
indemnifying  the  Corporation and any transfer agent and registrar of the class
of stock involved  against claims that may be made against it or them on account
of the lost or destroyed  certificate or the issuance of a new  certificate,  of
such kind and in such amount as the Board of Directors shall have authorized the
transfer agent to accept generally or as the Board of Directors or an authorized
officer  shall  approve  in  particular   cases;  and  any  other  documents  or
instruments  that the Board of  Directors or an  authorized  officer may require
from time to time to protect  adequately the interest of the Corporation.  A new
certificate  may be issued  without  requiring any bond when, in the judgment of
the directors, it is proper to do so.

     3.  Transfers of Stock.  Transfers of stock shall be made upon the books of
the  Corporation:  (1) upon  presentation of the  certificates by the registered
holder in person or by duly authorized attorney,  or upon presentation of proper
evidence of succession,  assignment or authority to transfer the stock, and upon
surrender   of  the   appropriate   certificate(s),   or  (2)  in  the

case of uncertificated shares, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from
the registered owner of such  uncertificated  shares,  or from a duly authorized
attorney  or  from an  individual  presenting  proper  evidence  of  succession,
assignment or authority to transfer the stock.

     4. Holder of Record.  The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder
of record of any share or  shares  of stock as the  holder in fact  thereof  and
accordingly  shall not be bound to recognize  any equitable or other claim to or
interest in such share on the part of any other  person  whether or not it shall
have express or other notice thereof,  save as expressly provided by the laws of
the State of Delaware.