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TORONTO, April 16 /CNW/ - (TSX:MEW.UN): Menu Foods Income Fund (“Menu” or the “Fund”) announced today its distribution of 10.50 cents per unit for the month of April 2004, payable on or before May 17, 2004 to unitholders of record on April 30, 2004.

The Fund's policy is for unitholders of record on the last business day of a calendar month to receive distributions during the thirty days following the end of such month.

Holders of units who are non-residents of Canada will be required to pay all withholding taxes payable in respect of any distributions of income by the Fund.

Menu is the leading North American private-label/contract manufacturer of wet pet food products sold by supermarket retailers, mass merchandisers, pet specialty retailers and other retail and wholesale outlets and currently produces more than one billion containers per year.

Menu is a leading North American manufacturer of private-label wet pet food products, selling its products to supermarket retailers, mass merchandisers, pet specialty retailers and other retail and wholesale outlets. Menu currently produces more than one billion containers of wet pet food per year and is focused on the manufacture and sale of premium private-label wet pet food products.

For further information: Mark Wiens, Chief Financial Officer, Menu Foods GenPar Limited, (905) 826-3870