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                                                                   Exhibit 10.38

                AMENDMENT, dated as of December 19, 2001 (this "Amendment") to
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the RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of April 19, 2000 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Receivables Purchase
Agreement"), between Aurora Foods Inc. ("Aurora"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank
(formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank) ("JPMorgan").

                The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

        SECTION 1.      Defined Terms.  Terms defined in Exhibit A to the
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Receivables Purchase Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in Exhibit A to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

        SECTION 2.      Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreement. Exhibit A
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of the Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase
"; and provided, further, that effective December 31, 2001, the Facility Limit
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shall be further permanently reduced by $10,000,000" from the definition of the
term "Facility Limit".

        SECTION 3.      Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be
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effective on the date on which Aurora, JPMorgan, and each of the Subordinated
Participants shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

        SECTION 4.      Representations and Warranties. To induce the parties
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hereto to enter into this Amendment, Aurora hereby represents and warrants that
the representations and warranties made by the Seller in Section 4.01 of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to the effectiveness
of this Amendment, as if made on and as of the date hereof.

        SECTION 5.      Payment of Expenses. Aurora agrees to pay or reimburse
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JPMorgan and the Subordinated Participants for all of its out-of-pocket costs
and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, any other
documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to JPMorgan and the Subordinated Participants.

        SECTION 6.      Continuing Effect.  Except as expressly modified by this
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Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Participation Agreement
are and shall remain in full force and effect.

        SECTION 7.      GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
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OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

        SECTION 8.      Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be
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executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of
separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be
delivered by facsimile transmission of the relevant signature pages hereof.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly
authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

                                   AURORA FOODS INC.

                                   By: /s/ Christopher T. Sortwell
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                                   Name: Christopher T. Sortwell
                                   Title: EVP-CFO

                                   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (formerly known as The
                                   Chase Manhattan Bank)

                                   By: /s/ Kathryn A. Duncan
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                                   Name: Kathryn A. Duncan
                                   Title: Vice President

                                   FENWAY PARTNERS CAPITAL FUND, L.P.

                                   By: /s/ Andrea Geisser
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                                   Name: Andrea Geisser
                                   Title:

                                   FENWAY PARTNERS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P.

                                   By: /s/ Andrea Geisser
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                                   Name: Andrea Geisser
                                   Title:

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                                   MCCOWN DE LEEUW & CO. III, L.P.

                                   By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                   Name: David De Leeuw
                                   Title: Managing Member

                                   MCCOWN DE LEEUW & CO. III (EUROPE), L.P.

                                   By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                   Name: David De Leeuw
                                   Title: Managing Member

                                   MCCOWN DE LEEUW & CO. III (ASIA), L.P.

                                   By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                   Name: David De Leeuw
                                   Title: Managing Member

                                   GAMMA FUND LLC

                                   By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                   Name: David De Leeuw
                                   Title: Managing Member

                                   MCCOWN DE LEEUW & CO. IV, L.P

                                   By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                   Name: David De Leeuw
                                   Title: Managing Member

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                                 DELTA FUND LLC

                                 By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                 Name: David De Leeuw
                                 Title: Managing Member

                                 MCCOWN DE LEEUW & CO. IV, ASSOCIATES L.P

                                 By: /s/ David De Leeuw
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                                 Name: David De Leeuw
                                 Title: Managing Member

                                 UBS CAPITAL LLC

                                 By: /s/ Charles J. Delaney
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                                 Name: Charles J. Delaney
                                 Title: PresidentPrepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- 2ND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT PROGRAM

  
 Exhibit 10.6.f 
  
 SECOND AMENDMENT OF 
 FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PROGRAM 
 PART I SALARIED AND NONUNION HOURLY EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT PLAN 
  
 WHEREAS, FMC
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the FMC Technologies, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Program Part I Salaried and Nonunion Hourly Employees’ Retirement Plan (the “Plan”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, amendment of the Plan is now considered desirable; 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, by virtue and in exercise of the powers reserved to the Company under Section 11.1 Plan Amendment or Termination of the Plan, and pursuant to authority delegated to the undersigned officer of the Company by resolution of its Board
of Directors, the Plan is hereby amended, effective May 1, 2001, in the following respects: 
  
 1.  By
correcting a typographical error in Section 2 of the First Amendment of FMC Technologies, Inc. Employees’ Retirement Program Part I Salaried and Nonunion Hourly Employees’ Retirement Plan to reference Section 2-4 of Supplement 2 instead of
Section 4-4 of Supplement 4. 
  
 2.  By deleting Section 3-5 of Supplement 3 and inserting the
following in lieu thereof: 
  
 “3-5 Prior Plan Benefits 
  
 (a)  Early Retirement Reductions for No Service after June 30, 1997. A Participant who did not have an Hour of Service after June 30, 1997,
will be subject to the following early retirement reductions upon commencement of the Participant’s Prior Plan benefit prior to Normal Retirement Age, calculating actuarial equivalence by using the UP-1984 Mortality Table and an interest rate
of 4.0%: 
  
 (i)  A Participant who was employed with Moorco International Inc. until the attainment of
age 55 and 10 years of Vesting Service will have his or her vested benefits reduced by 0.25% for each of the first 60 months, and by 0.5% for each subsequent month by which the Participant’s 
 

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 benefit commencement date precedes the Participant’s 65th birthday. 

 
             (ii)  A Participant who terminated their
employment with Moorco International Inc. prior to the attainment of age 55 and 10 years of Vesting Service will have his or her vested benefits reduced actuarially for commencement prior to the Participant’s 65th birthday. 

 
             (iii)  Available Forms of Benefits. In
addition to the optional forms of benefit described in the Plan, a Participant may elect to receive the Participant’s benefit under the Prior Plan in the following form of a Life and Term Certain Annuity as described below. A Life and Term
Certain Annuity is an immediate annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of an Individual Life Annuity, but which provides a smaller monthly annuity for the Participant’s life than an Individual Life Annuity. After the Participant’s
death, if the monthly annuity has been paid for a period shorter than the term chosen by the Participant, it will continue, in the same amount as during the Participant’s life, for the remainder of the term certain. The Participant’s Joint
Annuitant will receive any payments due after the Participant’s death. The Participant may choose a term certain of 60, 120, 180 or 240 months, so long as the term certain does not exceed the joint life expectancies of the Participant and the
Joint Annuitant. For purposes of converting the Prior Plan benefit from the normal form of payment into an optional form of payment, actuarial equivalence shall be calculated based upon the UP-1984 Mortality Table and an interest rate of 4.0%.

  
             (b)  Early Retirement Reductions for Service
after June 30, 1997. A Participant who has an Hour of Service after June 30, 1997, will have the option to receive the Prior Plan benefit in the form of a Life and Term Certain Annuity as described in (a)(iii) Available Forms of Benefits above. If
so elected, the Prior Plan benefit shall be adjusted for early retirement in accordance with the reductions described in (a) Early Retirement Reductions for No Service after June 30, 1997 above. The remainder of the Participant’s Plan benefit
shall be available in any of the optional payment forms described under the Plan, and subject to any early retirement reductions as apply under Sections 3.2 and 4.2 of the Plan.” 
  
             3.  By deleting Section 4-6 of Supplement 4 and inserting the following in lieu thereof: 

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 “4-6    Prior Plan Benefits 
  
 (a)    Early Retirement Reductions for No Service after June 30, 1997. A Participant who did not have an Hour of Service after June 30, 1997, will be subject to the following early retirement
reductions upon commencement of their Prior Plan benefit prior to Normal Retirement Age, calculating actuarial equivalence by using the UP-1984 Mortality Table and an interest rate of 4.0%: 
  
 (i)    Participant who was employed with Smith Meter, Inc. until the attainment of age 57 and 10 years of Vesting Service will have his or her
vested benefits reduced by 1/180 for each completed month between the date of the Participant’s benefit commencement and the Participant’s 62nd birthday. 
  
 (ii)    A Participant who terminated their employment with Smith Meter, Inc. prior to the attainment of age 57 and 10 years of Vesting Service will
have his or her vested benefits reduced actuarially for commencement prior to the Participant’s 62nd birthday. 
  
 (iii)    Available Forms of Benefits. In addition to the optional forms of benefit described in the Plan, a Participant may elect to receive the Participant’s benefit under the Prior Plan in the following form of a
Life and Term Certain Annuity as described below. A Life and Term Certain Annuity is an immediate annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of an Individual Life Annuity, but which provides a smaller monthly annuity for the Participant’s life
than an Individual Life Annuity. After the Participant’s death, if the monthly annuity has been paid for a period shorter than the term chosen by the Participant, it will continue, in the same amount as during the Participant’s life, for
the remainder of the term certain. The Participant’s Joint Annuitant will receive any payments due after the Participant’s death. The Participant may choose a term certain of 60, 120, 180 or 240 months, so long as the term certain does not
exceed the joint life expectancies of the Participant and the Joint Annuitant. For purposes of converting the Prior Plan benefit from the normal form of payment into an optional form of payment, actuarial equivalence shall be calculated based upon
the UP-1984 Mortality Table and an interest rate of 4.0%. 
  
 (b)    Early Retirement Reductions for Service
after June 30, 1997. A Participant who has an Hour of Service after June 30, 1997, will have the option to receive the Prior Plan benefit in the form of a Life and Term Certain Annuity as described in (a)(iii) Available Forms of Benefits above. If
so elected, the Prior Plan benefit shall be adjusted for early retirement in accordance with the reductions described in (a) Early Retirement Reductions for No Service after June 30, 1997 above. The remainder of the Participant’s Plan benefit
shall be available in any of the optional 
 

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 payment forms described under the Plan, and subject to any early retirement reductions as apply under Sections 3.2 and
4.2 of the Plan.” 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this amendment to be executed by a duly authorized
representative this 30th day of January 2002. 
  
 
	 FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    JEFFREY W. CARR
 

	  	 	 Jeffrey W. Carr, Member Employee
 Welfare Benefits Plan
Committee
 

 
 

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