TEXT-Fitch publishes food, beverage, tobacco stats report

Oct 12 - Fitch Ratings has published its quarterly report 'Food, Beverage,
Tobacco and Consumer Stats - Second-Quarter 2012'. This report provides a
summary of individual companies' operating and credit metrics over the past
three fiscal years and the most recent 12 months; key credit strengths and
concerns; and a summary of company liquidity positions as of the second-quarter
2012 for Fitch's rating universe of these sectors.

The report is available on the Fitch website at 'www.fitchratings.com' under the
following headers:

Sectors >> Corporate Finance >> Corporates >> Research

Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.

Applicable Criteria and Related Research: Food, Beverage, Tobacco, and Consumer
Stats Quarterly - Second-Quarter 2012