- Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MEYERS DAVID L	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DEL MONTE FOODS CO [ DLM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) EVP, Administration and CFO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) DEL MONTE CORPORATION, ONE MARKET @ THE LANDMARK	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/30/2010
(Street) SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. 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
Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value	6/30/2010		A		42675   (1)	A	$0   (2)	315973	D
Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value	6/30/2010		F		19922   (3)	D	$14.46   (4)	296051   (5)	D
Common Stock, $0.01, Par Value								18116   (6)	I	401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. 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		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Represents vesting of performance share units (previously reported voluntarily in Table II) based on the achievement of certain return on invested capital (ROIC) targets.
( 2)	1 share of common stock for 1 performance share unit.
( 3)	Represents shares withheld pursuant to the terms of the Performance Share agreements to satisfy the statutory tax withholding requirements relating to the vesting of performance share units.
( 4)	High/low average of Company's stock on date of withholding (i.e. date of vesting).
( 5)	Includes 196,327.37 deferred stock units and 58,900 Performance Accelerated Restricted Stock Units (PARS).
( 6)	Reflects the reporting person's interest in equivalent shares held by the unitized stock fund in the Del Monte 401(k) savings plan (Plan). The unitized stock fund consists of Del Monte common stock (approximately 96% of the fund value) and cash or cash equivalents (approximately 4% of the fund value). The number of shares attributed to the reporting person as a Plan participant and expressed as equivalent shares has been calculated based on the closing price of Del Monte common stock on the date of the reported transaction and may change from time to time without the volition of the reporting person depending on the fair market value of Del Monte common stock and the amount of cash in the fund.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MEYERS DAVID L DEL MONTE CORPORATION ONE MARKET @ THE LANDMARK SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105			EVP, Administration and CFO

Signatures
/s/ James Potter, signed pursuant to power of attorney		7/2/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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