FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   ABU GHAZALEH OUSSAMA 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/31/2008 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC [FDP] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC, P.O. BOX 149222 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) CORAL GABLES, FL 33114-9222 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Ordinary Shares 783,239 D   Ordinary Shares 16,998,924 I Through IAT Group Inc. (1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ABU GHAZALEH OUSSAMA C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC P.O. BOX 149222 CORAL GABLES, FL 33114-9222	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

Bruce Jordan, Attorney-in-fact for Oussama Abu-Ghazaleh		04/02/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	IAT Group Inc. directly owns 16,998,924 ordinary shares of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. IAT Group Inc. is owned by the members of the Abu-Ghazaleh family, including Oussama Abu-Ghazaleh. Individually, no Abu-Ghazaleh family member owns a controlling interest in IAT Group Inc. Nevertheless, because each of the IAT Group Inc. shareholders votes with the other family members, the Abu-Ghazaleh family jointly controls IAT Group Inc. As a result, each individual Abu-Ghazaleh family member may be deemed to beneficially own all of the ordinary shares directly owned by IAT Group Inc; however, each Abu-Ghazaleh family member disclaims beneficial ownership of such ordinary shares except to the extent of his or her pecuniary interest therein.
  Remarks: Note:  Issuer lost its foreign private issuer status as of March 31, 2008, and therefore became subject to Section 16 of the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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