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   <HR SIZE="4" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"
  COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date of
  report (Date of earliest event reported): August 23, 2002 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>Dole Food Company, Inc. </B></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE
  COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>1-4455</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="31%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>99-0035300</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(IRS Employer</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Identification
  No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="33%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>One Dole Drive, Westlake Village, California</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>91362</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="33%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (818) 879-6600
  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>N/A </B></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="4" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information Exhibits.
  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release of the Registrant issued on August 23, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
  Filings. </FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
  Filings.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.4</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  of 2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="6%"> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  of 2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
   </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
  SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B> </B>The Registrant issued a press release, attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, disclosing the filing with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission of statements under oath by the Registrant&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, in the form prescribed by the Commission, without modification or qualification, pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460
  (June 27, 2002), covering the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2001, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2002, its 2002 definitive proxy materials and its current reports on
  Form 8-K filed subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K for fiscal year 2001. These two statements under oath are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, respectively. The Registrant also attaches hereto, as Exhibits 99.4 and 99.5, respectively,
  certifications by its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
   <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">1 </FONT></DIV>
  
  
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
  STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Dole Food Company, Inc.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date: August 23, 2002&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard J. Dahl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Name: Richard J. Dahl</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></DIV>
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   <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="65" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Press Release issued August 23, 2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.4</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="94%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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text: Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K dated 08/23/2002
  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): August 23, 2002
  Dole Food Company, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  Delaware
  1-4455
  99-0035300
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer
  Identification
  No.)
  One Dole Drive, Westlake Village, California
  91362
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (818) 879-6600
  N/A
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information Exhibits.
  (c)  Exhibits:
  99.1
  Press Release of the Registrant issued on August 23, 2002.
  99.2
  Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
  Filings.
  99.3
  Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act
  Filings.
  99.4
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  of 2002.
  99.5
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  of 2002.
  Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure.
  The Registrant issued a press release, attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, disclosing the filing with the United States Securities
  and Exchange Commission of statements under oath by the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, in the form prescribed by the Commission, without modification or qualification, pursuant to SEC Order No. 4-460
  (June 27, 2002), covering the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2001, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2002, its 2002 definitive proxy materials and its current reports on
  Form 8-K filed subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K for fiscal year 2001. These two statements under oath are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, respectively. The Registrant also attaches hereto, as Exhibits 99.4 and 99.5, respectively,
  certifications by its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this current report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
  duly authorized.
  Dole Food Company, Inc.
  Date: August 23, 2002
  By:
  /s/    Richard J. Dahl
  Name: Richard J. Dahl
  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  99.1
  Press Release issued August 23, 2002.
  99.2
  Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.
  99.3
  Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings.
  99.4
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  99.5
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc., pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
  3