Exhibit 10.5

EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE
CREDIT AGREEMENT
          Dated as of April 25, 2008
                    AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT among DEL MONTE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), each lender from time to time party thereto
(collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.
                    PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
                    (1)     The Borrower, Holdings, the Lenders, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, Lehman
Commercial Paper Inc. and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P, as Co-Syndication
Agents, and Harris Trust and Savings Bank and Suntrust Bank, as Co-Documentation
Agents, have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of February 8, 2005 (as
amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 20, 2006, Amendment No. 2 dated
as of May 19, 2006, and Amendment No. 3 dated as of August 15, 2006, the “Credit
Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the
same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement.
                    (2)     The Borrower and the Required Lenders have agreed to
amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
                    SECTION 1.  Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective as of
the date first written above, the Credit Agreement is, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, hereby amended
as follows:
          (a)     The definition of “Additional Fee Letters” is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows: “Additional Fee Letters” means,
collectively, the Additional Fee Letter, the Additional Term B-3 Fee Letter and
that certain Fee Letter dated as of April 25, 2008 from Bank of America to the
Borrower in respect of that certain Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Agreement,
dated as of April 25, 2008, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, each of the
Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
          (b) Section 2.05(b)(i)(A) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
“     (A) with respect to any such Disposition that is consummated (1) on or
prior to July 30, 2006 (a “2006 Disposition”) or (2) pursuant to a definitive
agreement entered into by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries on or after
April 1, 2008 but prior to December 31, 2008 (a “2008 Disposition”) and which in
either case, results in the realization by Holdings or such Subsidiary of Net
Cash Proceeds (determined as of the date of consummation of such Disposition,

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whether or not such Net Cash Proceeds are then received by Holdings or such
Subsidiary, but with the amount of any such Net Cash Proceeds attributable to
any time period after the consummation of such Disposition with respect to such
Disposition to be determined by an estimate made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer) in excess of (x) with respect to a 2006 Disposition, $50,000,000 and
(y) with respect to a 2008 Disposition, $100,000,000 (any such Disposition as
described in this Section 2.05(b)(i)(A), a “Major Disposition”), the Borrower
shall prepay substantially contemporaneously with the consummation of such Major
Disposition pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i)(A) an aggregate principal amount
of Loans equal to (x) in the case of a 2006 Disposition, 20% of, and (y) in the
case of a 2008 Disposition, 100% of, the Net Cash Proceeds received by Holdings
or its Subsidiaries upon the consummation of such Major Disposition; provided
that (x) any Net Cash Proceeds remaining after the prepayments required to be
made pursuant to the foregoing may be used at the discretion of Holdings or the
applicable Subsidiary for general corporate purposes not in contravention of any
Law or Loan Document (including, without limitation, the making of any
Restricted Payment not in contravention of Section 7.06 hereof) and (y) in the
case of any Major Disposition permitted by Section 7.05(k), (I) any such
prepayment only shall be required to be made within 180 days of the date of the
Disposition, and (II) the amount required to be prepaid pursuant to this Section
2.05(b)(i)(A) with respect to such Disposition permitted by Section 7.05(k)
shall be 50% of the first $200,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds therefrom and 100%
of all Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $200,000,000 received therefrom;”
          (c)     Section 7.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing
“.” at the end of clause (d) with “; and” and adding a new clause (e) to read in
full as follows:
“     (e)     in connection with any Disposition permitted under
Section 7.05(j), any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with
any other Person (with either such Subsidiary or such other Person being the
surviving entity with respect to such merger or consolidation); provided that
the Person surviving such merger or consolidation shall after such merger or
consolidation not be an Affiliate of Holdings; and any such merger or
consolidation shall be deemed to be a disposition subject to the release
provisions in respect of Collateral pursuant to Section 26 of the Security
Agreement.”
          (d)     Clause (j) of Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement is amended
to read in full as follows:
“(j)     Dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not otherwise
permitted under this Section 7.05 for fair market value; provided that (i) at
the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result from such
Disposition; (ii) the Borrower would be in compliance with Section 7.10 as of
the most recently completed Measurement Period ending prior to such Disposition
for which the financial statements and certificates required by Section 6.01(a)
or 6.01(b), as applicable, were required to be delivered, after giving pro forma
effect to such Disposition and the

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application of any proceeds thereof (including, without limitation, the
application of any such proceeds to the repayment of Indebtedness) as if such
Disposition and application of the proceeds therefrom had occurred as of the
first day of such Measurement Period; and (iii) at least 75% of the purchase
price for such asset shall be paid to the Borrower or such Subsidiary in cash or
Cash Equivalents (which determination of cash or Cash Equivalents shall be
deemed to include any Designated Noncash Consideration (as defined in the New
Subordinated Notes Indenture as in effect as of the date of this Agreement));
provided that up to $10,000,000 per fiscal year in fair market value of property
disposed of in reliance on this clause (j) may be disposed of for less than fair
market value or for consideration other than 75% cash or Cash Equivalents;
provided further, that the fair market value of any property disposed of in
reliance on this clause (j) for which no portion of the consideration is paid in
cash or Cash Equivalents shall not exceed $2,000,000 for any single transaction
or series of related transactions; and”
          (e)     Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read
in full as follows:
          “SECTION 7.10     Financial Covenants. (a) Total Debt Ratio. Permit
the Total Debt Ratio for any Measurement Period set forth below to be greater
than the ratio set forth below opposite such period:

             
Four Fiscal Quarters Ending

    Maximum Total Debt Ratio    
Amendment No. 2 Effective
Date through January 25, 2009

    5.25:1.00    
May 3, 2009 through January
31, 2010

    4.75:1.00    
May 2, 2010 through January
30, 2011

    4.25:1.00    
May 1, 2011 and thereafter

    3.75:1.00    

          (b)     Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio for any Measurement Period to be less than 1.15:1.00.”
                    SECTION 2.  Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment
shall become effective as of the date first written above when, and only when,
on or before April 30, 2008: (i) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
have received (A) counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower and
the Required Lenders and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, (B) the
consent attached hereto executed by each Guarantor, and (C) a

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counterpart of that certain fee letter, dated as of the date hereof (the “Fee
Letter”), executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; and (ii) the
Borrower shall have paid all fees set forth in the Fee Letter and the reasonable
and documented expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of Shearman
& Sterling LLP) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment. This Amendment is
subject to the provisions of Section 11.01 of the Credit Agreement.
                    SECTION 3.  Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement
and the Loan Documents. (a) On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment,
each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each
reference in the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents to “the Credit
Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment.
                    (b) The Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other
Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified
and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral
Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to
secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan
Documents, in each case as amended by this Amendment.
                    SECTION 4.  Costs and Expenses The Borrower agrees to pay on
demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment
of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered
hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms of Section
11.04 of the Credit Agreement.
                    SECTION 5.  Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Amendment by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment.
                    SECTION 6.  Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.

            DEL MONTE CORPORATION
      By     /s/ David L. Meyers         Name:   David L. Meyers       
Title: Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer   

    DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
      By   /s/ David L. Meyers         Name:   David L. Meyers        Title:
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer     

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and as Lender
      By    /s/ Michael Delaney         Title: Vice President             

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            1ST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Dale Richardson         Name:  Dale Richardson        Title: 
VP, Illinois Capital Markets Group              ABCLO 2007-1 LTD, as Lender

By: Alliance Bernstein L.P., as investment advisor
      By:     /s/ Michael E. Sohr         Name:  Michael E. Sohr        Title: 
Investment Officer              AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Steven J. O’Shea         Name:  Steven J. O’Shea       
Title:  Vice President              AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES, PCA, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Troy Mostaert         Name:  Troy Mostaert        Title:  Vice
President   

 

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            AIB DEBT MANAGEMENT, LIMITED, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Roisin O’Connell         Name:  Roisin O’Connell       
Title:  Vice President, Investment Advisor to
AIB Debt Management Limited 
            By:     /s/ Keith Hamilton         Name:  Keith Hamilton       
Title:  Assistant Vice President, Investment
Advisor to AIB Debt Management
Limited              ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Roisin O’Connell         Name:  Roisin O’Connell       
Title:  Vice President, Investment Advisor to
AIB Debt Management Limited              By:     /s/ Keith Hamilton        
Name:  Keith Hamilton        Title:  Assistant Vice President, Investment
Advisor to AIB Debt Management
Limited              AMERICAN AGCREDIT, PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Gary Van Schuyver         Name:  Gary Van Schuyver       
Title:  Vice President
   

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            AMMC CLO VI, LIMITED, as Lender

By: American Money Management Corp., as
Collateral Manager
      By:     /s/ Chester M. Eng         Name:  Chester M. Eng        Title: 
Senior Vice President            ARCHIMEDES FUNDING IV (CAYMAN), LTD.,
as Lender

By: West Gate Horizons Advisors LLC, as Collateral
Manager
      By:     /s/ Heidimarie Skor         Name:  Heidimarie Skor        Title: 
Senior Credit Analyst              BADGERLAND FARM CREDIT SERVICES,
ACA a/k/a BADGERLAND FCS, ACA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Kenneth H. Rue         Name:  Kenneth H. Rue        Title: 
Vice President, Capital Markets              BALLANTYNE FUNDING LLC, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Jonathan Barnes         Name:  Jonathan Barnes        Title: 
Vice President
   

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            BANK OF HAWAII, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Steven Nakahara         Name:  Steven Nakahara        Title: 
Vice President            BANK OF MONTREAL, as Lender

By: HIM Monegy, Inc., as Agent
      By:     /s/ Jason Anderson         Name:  Jason Anderson        Title: 
Associate              BANK OF NEW YORK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ G. Louis Ashley         Name:  G. Louis Ashley        Title: 
Senior Vice President              THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Karen A. Brinkman         Name:  Karen A. Brinkman       
Title:  Vice President              BARCLAYS BANK, PLC, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Jason Moynihan         Name:  Jonathan Moynihan        Title: 
Head of U.S. Loan Trading
   

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            BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Georginia Fiordalisi, CFA
        Name:  Georgina Fiordalisi, CFA        Title:  Vice President           
    By:     /s/ Stuart Schulman         Name:  Stuart Schulman        Title: 
Senior Vice President            BLACKROCK SENIOR INCOME SERIES, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Anthony Heyman         Name:  Anthony Heyman        Title: 
Director              BLACKROCK SENIOR INCOME SERIES II, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Anthony Heyman         Name:  Anthony Heyman        Title: 
Director              BLACKROCK SENIOR INCOME SERIES IV, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Anthony Heyman         Name:  Anthony Heyman        Title: 
Director
   

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            BLACKROCK SENIOR INCOME SERIES V
(F/K/A GRANITE FINANCE LIMITED), as Lender

      By:     /s/ Anthony Heyman         Name:  Anthony Heyman        Title: 
Director            MAGNETITE V CLO, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Anthony Heyman         Name:  Anthony Heyman        Title: 
Director              BNP PARIBAS, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Katherine Wolfe         Name:  Katherine Wolfe        Title: 
Managing Director                By:     /s/ Sandy Bertram         Name:  Sandy
Bertram        Title:  Vice President              BOSTON HARBOR CLO 2004-1, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Beth Mazor         Name:  Beth Mazor        Title:  Vice
President     

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            CALYON, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Greg Hennenfent         Name:  Greg Hennenfent        Title: 
Director              By:     /s/ Joseph Philbin         Name:  Joseph Philbin 
      Title:  Director              CAPITAL FARM CREDIT, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Robert P. Abbott         Name:  Robert P. Abbott       
Title:  President Corporate Lending              CAPITAL ONE LEVERAGE FINANCE
CORPORATION, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Ron Walker         Name:  Ron Walker        Title:  VP       
      CARLYLE HIGH YIELD PARTNERS IV, LTD., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Linda Pace         Name:  Linda Pace        Title:  Managing
Director     

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            CARLYLE HIGH YIELD PARTNERS VI, LTD., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Linda Pace         Name:  Linda Pace        Title:  Managing
Director              CITIBANK, N.A., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Alicia Beal         Name:  Alicia Beal        Title: 
Attorney-in-Fact              CITICORP USA INC, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Robert Marcus         Name:  Robert Marcus        Title: 
Managing Director              COBANK, ACB, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Jeffrey C. Norte         Name:  Jeffrey C. Norte       
Title:  Vice President     

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            COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Steve D. Clear         Name:  Steve D. Clear        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND
GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Christian Jagenberg         Name:  Christian Jagenberg       
Title:  SVP and Manager              By:     /s/ Matthew Havens         Name: 
Matthew Havens        Title:  Assistant Treasurer              CREDIT SUISSE
INTERNATIONAL, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Melanie Harries         Name:  Melanie Harries        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              DENALI CAPITAL CLO V, LTD., or an
affiliate, as
Lender

By: Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding
Partners LLC, its portfolio manager
    By:     /s/ Kelli C. Marti         Name:  Kelli C. Marti        Title: 
Senior Vice President     

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            DENALI CAPITAL CLO VI, LTD., or an affiliate,
as Lender

By: Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding
Partners LLC, its portfolio manager
    By:     /s/ Kelli C. Marti         Name:  Kelli C. Marti        Title: 
Senior Vice President              DENALI CAPITAL CLO VII, LTD., or an
affiliate,
as Lender

By: Denali Capital LLC, managing member of DC Funding
Partners LLC, its portfolio manager
    By:     /s/ Kelli C. Marti         Name:  Kelli C. Marti        Title: 
Senior Vice President              DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender

By: DB Services New Jersey, Inc.
      By:     /s/ Edward Schaffer         Name:  Edward Schaffer        Title: 
Vice President            By:     /s/ Deirdre Whorton         Name:  Deirdre
Whorton        Title:  Assistant Vice President     

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            EATON VANCE CDO VIII, LTD., as Lender

By: Eaton Vance Management, as Investment Advisor
      By:     /s/ Michael B. Botthof         Name:  Michael B. Botthof       
Title:  Vice President              EATON VANCE CDO IX, LTD., as Lender

By: Eaton Vance Management, as Investment Advisor
      By:     /s/ Michael B. Botthof         Name:  Michael B. Botthof       
Title:  Vice President              EATON VANCE INSTITUTIONAL SENIOR
LOAN FUND, as Lender

By: Eaton Vance Management, as Investment Advisor
      By:     /s/ Michael B. Botthof         Name:  Michael B. Botthof       
Title:  Vice President     

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            ERSTE BANK DER OESTERREICHISCHEN
SPARKASSEN AG, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Bryan J. Lynch         Name:  Bryan J. Lynch        Title: 
Managing Director            By:     /s/ Robert R. Suehnholz         Name: 
Robert R. Suehnholz        Title:  First Vice President              ESB BANK,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Todd F. Palkovich         Name:  Todd F. Palkovich       
Title:  Group Senior Vice President, Lending              Fall Creek CLO, Ltd.,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Eduardo Piedra         Name:  Eduardo Piedra        Title: 
Authorized Signatory              FARM CREDIT BANK OF TEXAS, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Luis M. H. Requejo         Name:  Luis M. H. Requejo       
Title:  Managing Director Capital Markets     

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            FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCA,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Curt Brown         Name:  Curt Brown        Title:  Vice
President              FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF MID-AMERICA,
PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Ralph M. Bowman         Name:  Ralph M. Bowman        Title: 
Vice President              FARM CREDIT WEST, PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Ben Madonna         Name:  Ben Madonna        Title:  Vice
President              FCS FINANCIAL, PCA, f/k/a FARM CREDIT
SERVICES OF MISSOURI, PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Sean Unterreiner         Name:  Sean Unterreiner       
Title:  Senior Lending Officer
   

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            FIDELITY ADVISOR SERIES II: FIDELITY
ADVISOR FLOATING RATE HIGH INCOME
FUND, PCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Paul Murphy         Name:  Paul Murphy        Title: 
Assistant Treasurer              FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Sean Devillers         Name:  Sean Devillers        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Kara B. Beresh         Name:  Kara B. Beresh        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT, ACA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ James M. Papai         Name:  James M. Papai        Title: 
Vice President
   

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            FIRSTRUST BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Ellen Frank         Name:  Ellen Frank        Title:  Vice
President              FORTIS CAPITAL CORP., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Stephen R. Staples         Name:  Stephen R. Staples       
Title:  Director              By:     /s/ Ilene Fowler         Name:  Ilene
Fowler        Title:  Director              FRANKLIN CLO IV, LIMITED, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Alex Guang Yu         Name:  Alex Guang Yu        Title: 
Authorized Signatory              FRANKLIN CLO V, LIMITED, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Alex Guang Yu         Name:  Alex Guang Yu        Title: 
Authorized Signatory
   

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            FRANKLIN FLOATING RATE DAILY ACCESS
FUND, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Richard Hsu         Name:  Richard Hsu        Title:  Vice
President              FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SERIES II FUNDS
FRANKLIN FLOATING RATE II FUND, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Richard Hsu         Name:  Richard Hsu        Title:  Vice
President              FRESNO-MADERA PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Robert J. Kratz         Name:  Robert J. Kratz        Title: 
SVP and Chief Credit Officer              GALAXY VI CLO, Ltd., as Lender

By: AIG Global Investment Corp., its Collateral
Manager
      By:     /s/ W. Jeffrey Baxter         Name:  W. Jeffrey Baxter       
Title:  Managing Director
   

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            GALAXY VII CLO, Ltd., as Lender

By: AIG Global Investment Corp., its Collateral
Manager
      By:     /s/ W. Jeffrey Baxter         Name:  W. Jeffrey Baxter       
Title:  Managing Director              GALAXY VIII CLO, Ltd., as Lender

By: AIG Global Investment Corp., its Collateral
Manager
      By:     /s/ W. Jeffrey Baxter         Name:  W. Jeffrey Baxter       
Title:  Managing Director              GE CFS LOAN HOLDING 2006-2 LLC, as Lender

By: GECC, as Administrator
      By:     /s/ Dwayne Coker         Name:  Dwayne Coker        Title:  Duly
Authorized Signatory              GE CFS LOAN HOLDING 2006-3 LLC, as Lender

By: GECC, as Administrator
      By:     /s/ Dwayne Coker         Name:  Dwayne Coker        Title:  Duly
Authorized Signatory
   

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            GE COMMERCIAL LOAN HOLDING LLC,
as Lender

By: GECC, as Administrator
      By:     /s/ Dwayne Coker         Name:  Dwayne Coker        Title:  Duly
Authorized Signatory              GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Dwayne Coker         Name:  Dwayne Coker        Title:  Duly
Authorized Signatory              GENERAL ELECTRIC PENSION TRUST, as
Lender

By: GE Asset Management Inc., as Collateral Manager
      By:     /s/ John Campos         Name:  John Campos        Title: 
Authorized Signatory              GENESIS CLO 2007-1 LTD., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Claude A. Baum, Esq.         Name:  Claude A. Baum, Esq.     
  Title:  General Counsel, Orehill Partners LLC
     

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            GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as
Lender

      By:     /s/ John Makrinos         Name:  John Makrinos        Title: 
Authorized Signatory              THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE
BANK OF IRELAND, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Judy McMullan, Deirdre Reddan         Name:  Judy McMullan,
Deirdre Reddan        Title:  Authorized Signatories              GREENSTONE
FARM CREDIT SERVICES,
ACA/FLCA, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Alfred S. Compton, Jr.         Name:  Alfred S. Compton, Jr. 
      Title:  VP/Managing Director              GUARANTY BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Jeremy Jackson         Name:  Jeremy Jackson        Title: 
Vice President
   

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            HARRIS N.A. (successor by merger to Harris Trust
and Saving Bank) as Co-Documentation Agent and
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Shane Koonee         Name:  Shane Koonee        Title:  Vice
President                  ISRAEL DISCOUNT BANK OF NEW YORK, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ George Ahlmeyer         Name:  George Ahlmeyer        Title: 
S.V.P.                By:     /s/ Michael M. Diamond         Name:  Michael M.
Diamond        Title:  V.P.              JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, as Lender

By: PPM America Inc., as Attorney-in-fact
      By:     /s/ Eddie Hebert         Name:  Eddie Hebert        Title: 
Assistant Vice President
   

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            JERSEY STREET CLO, LTD., as Lender

By: Massachusetts Financial Services Company
(JLX), its Collateral Manager
      By:     /s/ David Cobey         Name:  David Cobey        Title: 
Investment Officer              JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Tony Yung         Name:  Tony Yung        Title:  Vice
President              KATONAH X CLO LTD., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Daniel Gilligan         Name:  Daniel Gilligan        Title: 
Authorized Officer, Katonah Debt
Advisors, L.L.C. as Manager              KBC BANK, N.V., as Lender
      By:     /s/ William Cavanaugh         Name:  William Cavanaugh       
Title:  Vice President            By:    /s/ Thomas G. Jackson         Name: 
Thomas G. Jackson        Title:  First Vice President
   

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            KC CLO II PLC, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Melanie Harries         Name:  Melanie Harries        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              KEYSTONE NAZARETH BANK & TRUST
COMPANY, a division of NATIONAL PENN
BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Kevin D. Brown         Name:  Kevin D. Brown        Title: 
Vice President                LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Ritman Bhalla         Name:  Ritman Bhalla        Title: 
Authorized Signatory              MARLBOROUGH STREET CLO, LTD., as Lender

By: Massachusetts, Financial Services Company
(MLX)
      By:     /s/ David Cobey         Name:  David Cobey        Title: 
Investment Officer
   

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            MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A. (f/n/a OAK BROOK
BANK) as Lender

      By:     /s/ Henry Wessel         Name:  Henry Wessel        Title:  Vice
President            MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., as Lender

      By:     /s/ Robert Gallagher         Name:  Robert Gallagher       
Title:  Authorized Signatory            MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Janine Haas         Name:  Janine Haas        Title:  Vice
President              NATIONAL CITY BANK, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Tom Gurbach         Name:  Tom Gurbach        Title:  Vice
President
   

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            NATIXIS, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Christian Paragot-Rieutort         Name:  Christian
Paragot-Rieutort        Title:  Associate Director            By:     /s/ Frank
H. Madden, Jr.         Name:  Frank H. Madden, Jr.        Title:  Managing
Director            NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, as
Lender

      By:     /s/ Elizabeth Standbridge         Name:  Elizabeth Standbridge   
    Title:  Corporate Vice President              NYLIM INSTITUTIONAL FLOATING
RATE
FUND L.P., as Lender

By: New York Life Investment Management LLC, its
Investment Manager
      By:     /s/ Elizabeth Standbridge         Name:  Elizabeth Standbridge   
    Title:  Vice President              NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
CORPORATION, as Lender

By: New York Life Investment Management LLC,
its Investment Manager
      By:     /s/ Elizabeth Standbridge         Name:  Elizabeth Standbridge   
    Title:  Vice President     

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            MAINSTAY FLOATING RATE FUND, a series of
ECLIPSE FUNDS, INC., as Lender

By: New York Life Investment Management LLC,
its Investment Manager
      By:     /s/ Elizabeth Standbridge         Name:  Elizabeth Standbridge   
    Title:  Vice President              MAINSTAY VP FLOATING RATE PORTFOLIO,
a series of MAINSTAY VP SERIES FUND, INC.,
as Lender

By: New York Life Investment Management LLC, its
Investment Manager
      By:     /s/ Elizabeth Standbridge         Name:  Elizabeth Standbridge   
    Title:  Vice President              THE NORINCHUKIN BANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as Lender

      By:     /s/ Noritsugu Sato         Name:  Noritsugu Sato        Title: 
General Manager     

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            THE NORINCHUKIN BANK, NEW YORK
BRANCH through State Street Bank and Trust
Company N.A. as Fiduciary Custodian, as Lender

By: Easton Vance Management, Attorney-in-fact
      By:     /s/ Michael B. Botthof         Name:  Michael B. Botthof       
Title:  Vice President              NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, PCA,
as Lender

      By:     /s/ Casey Kinzer         Name:  Casey Kinzer        Title: 
Account Manager              PARK AVENUE LOAN TRUST, as Lender

By: TCW Advisors as its Portfolio Manager
      By:     /s/ Julia K. Haramis         Name:  Julia K. Haramis       
Title:  Vice President              By:     /s/ Gil Tollinchi         Name:  Gil
Tollinchi        Title:  Senior Vice President     

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            PB CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Ronni J. Leopold         Name:  Ronni J. Leopold       
Title:  Vice President              By:     /s/ Christoph A. Belanger        
Name:  Christoph A. Belanger        Title:  Assistant Vice President       
PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, as Lender
      By:     /s/ David K. Sherrill         Name:  David K. Sherrill       
Title:  First Vice President        PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Lender
      By:     /s/ Dorothy G. W. Brailer         Name:  Dorothy G.W. Brailer     
  Title:  Vice President        PUTNAM BANK LOAN FUND (CAYMAN)
 MASTER FUND, a series of the PUTNAM
OFFSHORE MASTER SERIES TRUST, as Lender

By: The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC
      By:     /s/ Angela Patel         Name:  Angela Patel        Title:  Vice
President     

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            PUTNAM FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Beth Mazor         Name:  Beth Mazor        Title:  Vice
President              RABOBANK, NEW YORK BRANCH
(COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-
BOERENLEENBANK B.A.), as Lender

      By:     /s/ Janet Lee         Name:  Janet Lee        Title:  Vice
President            By:     /s/ Rebecca O. Morrow         Name:  Rebecca O.
Morrow        Title:  Executive Director              RZB FINANCE LLC, as Lender

      By:     /s/ John A. Valiska         Name:  John A. Valiska        Title: 
First Vice President            By:     /s/ Shirley Ritch         Name:  Shirley
Ritch        Title:  Assistant Vice President              SOVEREIGN BANK, as
Lender
      By:     /s/ Ravi Kacker         Name:  Ravi Kacker        Title:  Senior
Vice President     

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            SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING
CORPORATION, as Lender
      By:     /s/ David A. Buck         Name:  David A. Buck        Title: 
Senior Vice President              THE SUMITOMO TRUST AND BANKING CO.,
LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Elizabeth A. Quirk         Name:  Elizabeth A. Quirk       
Title:  Vice President              SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
as Lender

By: AIG Global Investment Corp., Inc, its Investment
Advisor
      By:     /s/ W. Jeffrey Baxter         Name:  W. Jeffrey Baxter       
Title:  Managing Director              SUNTRUST BANK, as Lender
      By:     /s/ M. Gabe Bonfield         Name:  M. Gabe Bonfield       
Title:  Vice President         

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            UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Benjamin Edwards         Name:  Benjamin Edwards       
Title:  Associate Director, Banking Products Services, US

  By:     /s/ Frank Luzzi         Name:  Frank Luzzi        Title:  Associate
Director, Banking Products Services, US             UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA,
N.A., as Lender
      By:     /s/ Michael Stahl         Name:  Michael Stahl        Title: 
Assistant Vice President              UNITED FCS, PCA (f/k/a FARM CREDIT
SERVICES OF MINNESOTA VALLEY, PCA)
d/b/a FCS COMMERCIAL FINANCE GROUP, as
Lender
      By:     /s/ M. Lisa Caswell         Name:  Lisa Caswell        Title: 
Assistant Vice President     

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            UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED, NEW
YORK, as Lender
      By:     /s/ George Lim         Name:  George Lim        Title:  SVP & GM 
          By:     /s/ Mario Sheng         Name:  Mario Sheng        Title:  AVP 
            U.S. AGBANK, FCB, as Disclosed Agent
      By:     /s/ Greg E. Somerhalder         Name:  Greg E. Somerhalder       
Title:  Vice President              U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Lender
      By:     /s/ James D. Pegues         Name:  James D. Pegues        Title: 
Vice President              VERITAS CLO I, LTD, as Lender
      By:     /s/ John T. Spellman         Name:  John T. Spellman       
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact              VERITAS CLO II, LTD, as Lender
      By:     /s/ John T. Spellman         Name:  John T. Spellman       
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact     

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            VITESSE CLO LTD., as Lender

By: TCW Advisors as its Portfolio Manager
      By:     /s/ Julia K. Haramis         Name:  Julia K. Haramis       
Title:  Vice President            By:     /s/ Gil Tollinchi         Name:  Gil
Tollinchi        Title:  Senior Vice President              WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Beth Rue         Name:  Beth Rue        Title:  Vice
President              WELLS FARGO BANK N.A., as Lender
      By:     /s/ Margarita Chichioco         Name:  Margarita Chichioco       
Title:  Senior Vice President     

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            WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Steven Berman         Name:  Steven Berman        Title: 
Director            By:     /s/ Brendan McGlynn         Name:  Brendan McGlynn 
      Title:  Manager              WILLOW FINANCIAL BANK, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Tara M. Handforth         Name:  Tara M. Handforth       
Title:  Vice President              YORKVILLE CBNA LOAN FUNDING LLC, for
itself or as agent for YORKVILLE CFPI LOAN
FUNDING LLC, as Lender
      By:     /s/ Bernard Marasa         Name:  Bernard Marasa        Title: 
Attorney-in-Fact     

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CONSENT
          Dated as of April 25, 2008
                         Each of the undersigned, (a) as Guarantor under (i) in
the case of each of the undersigned other than Del Monte Food Company
(“Holdings”), the Subsidiary Guaranty dated February 8, 2005 (as amended, the
“Subsidiary Guaranty”) and (i) in the case of Holdings, the Guaranty made by
Holdings under Article X of the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “DMFC
Guaranty”), in each case, in favor of the Secured Parties referred to in the
Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Amendment (the “Credit Agreement”)
and (b) as Grantor under the Security Agreement dated February 8, 2005 (as
amended through the date hereof, the “Security Agreement”) to Bank of America,
N.A. as Collateral Agent for such Secured Parties, hereby consents to such
Amendment and hereby confirms and agrees that (A) notwithstanding the
effectiveness of such Amendment, each of (1) in the case of each of the
undersigned other than Holdings, the Subsidiary Guaranty and (2) in the case of
Holdings, the DMFC Guaranty is, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that, on and
after the effectiveness of such Amendment, each reference in the Subsidiary
Guaranty, the DMFC Guaranty or the Security Agreement to the “Credit Agreement”,
“thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to
the Credit Agreement, as amended by such Amendment and (B) the Collateral
Documents to which each of the undersigned is a party and all of the Collateral
described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the
Secured Obligations. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

           

DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
      By:   /s/ David L. Meyers         Name:   David L. Meyers        Title:
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer            STAR-KIST SAMOA, INC.
      By:   /s/ David L. Meyers       Name: David L. Meyers      Title:
President      

 

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            MARINE TRADING PACIFIC, INC.
      By:   /s/ David L. Meyers       Name: David L. Meyers    Title: President 
            THE MEOW MIX COMPANY, LLC
By: Del Monte Corporation, its sole member
      By:   /s/ David L. Meyers         Name:   David L. Meyers        Title:
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer            MEOW MIX DECATUR
PRODUCTION I, LLC
By: Del Monte Corporation, its sole member
      By:   /s/ David L. Meyers         Name:   David L. Meyers        Title:
Executive Vice President,
Administration and Chief Financial Officer