Diamond also announced today that it has filed a registration statement on
Form S-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a
special meeting of members to vote on converting Diamond from an agricultural
cooperative into a corporation and to cover the issuance of Diamond Foods
shares to members in exchange for their membership interests in the
cooperative.

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, Brought to life on the big screen in
the newly-released movie, Monster-in-Law, is an insensitive and vindictive
portrayal towards individuals with food allergies.
"Better examples need to be set.

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, Prospectus
Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080.

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Diamond Foods Inc. Files With SEC for Initial Public Offering of Common Stock

A copy of the prospectus relating to the shares
may be obtained, when available, from Merrill Lynch + Co.

About food allergies
A food allergy occurs when the immune system mistakenly believes that a
harmless substance , in this case a food item, is harmful. These chemicals
trigger a cascade of allergic symptoms that can affect the respiratory system,
gastrointestinal tract, skin, or cardiovascular system.

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The managing underwriters of the offering are Merrill Lynch + Co.

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In real
life, food allergies are no laughing matter.

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The initial public
offering is expected to take place later this year. Just recently the movie Hitch and an
episode of The Simpsons poked fun at individuals with food allergies . Approximately 150-200
Americans die each year from ingestion of foods that, unbeknownst to them ,
contained the food to which they were allergic.

It is intended that this be a category that is useful for cooks who have acquired a lot of nuts or seeds, such as a gift, and now need to know about recipes that use a lot of the product.

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New Line Cinema Sends a Message of Carelessness Towards a Life -Threatening
Condition During National Food Allergy Awareness Week

FAIRFAX , Va. In one scene, Fields mashes up nuts and laces
a gravy boat with them in hopes that this will rid her of her unwanted
daughter-in-law."
Food allergies are a life-threatening condition .

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This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

It is intended that the nut or seed be a major ingredient of the recipe.

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In the movie, Jane Fonda's character, Viola Fields, sets out to derail her
son's marriage to Charlotte "Charlie" Cantillini, played by Jennifer Lopez,
who has a serious nut allergy.

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("Diamond Foods"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the agricultural cooperative
Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc.
"We are seeing more Hollywood movies and shows portraying food allergies in an
unsafe and very uneducated light.

Sites should be those that are collections of recipes about a nut or seed, or, recipes that have the nut or seed in the name of the recipe.

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According to FAAN, an estimated 11 million Americans suffer from food
allergies and recognizing the symptoms and seeking immediate treatment is
critical.

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Diamond's products
include walnuts, pine nuts, pecans , peanuts, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts,
cashews, Brazil nuts and almonds. The next
time the individual eats that food, the immune system releases massive amounts
of chemicals and histamines in order to protect the body.

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, Piper
Jaffray and Harris Nesbitt.

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I doubt New Line Cinema would permit a
scene where a diabetic would be given an overdose of insulin," said Anne
Munoz-Furlong, Founder + CEO of The Food Allergy + Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN).

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STOCKTON, Calif.

About Diamond
Diamond is a branded food company specializing in processing, marketing,
and distributing culinary, snack , in-shell and ingredient nuts under the
Diamond of California and Emerald of California brands.
Eight foods account for 90% of all reactions in the United States: milk,
eggs, peanuts, tree nuts (walnuts, almonds, pistachios, etc.

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In its attempt to
protect the body, it creates specific IgE antibodies to that food.), wheat, soy,
fish, and shellfish (lobster, shrimp, etc.). There is no cure for food
allergy.

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, which is also known as Diamond of California
(collectively "Diamond"), today announced that it has filed a registration
statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a
proposed initial public offering of its common stock. Ironically, the movie
debuts during Food Allergy Awareness Week, May 8-14, which brings attention to
the serious nature of food allergies through a national grass-roots campaign. Food allergy reactions result
in 30,000 emergency department visits each year.

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Both registration statements relating to these securities have been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission but have not yet become effective.
These securities may not be sold, nor may offers to buy be accepted , prior to
the time the registration statements become effective. Strict avoidance of the allergy -causing food is the only way to
prevent a reaction.

Do not place in this category recipes that use only an incidental amount of the nut or seed.

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New Movie Monster-in-Law Insensitive to Millions of Americans With Food Allergies

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, Diamond Foods, Inc.

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Not only does the movie make light of the food allergies, it also sets the
stage for "copycat" incidents where kids may think food allergies are just a
funny subject matter and imitate Jane Fonda's character by exposing kids with
food allergies to unsafe allergic situations -- just to get a laugh or be
vindictive.