JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

                                                                     Exhibit 3


                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

                  The undersigned, and each of them, do hereby agree and consent
to the filing of a single statement on behalf of all of them on Schedule 13D and
amendments thereto, in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(f)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


    Dated: November 19, 1998

                                         GREENCORE GROUP PLC

                                         By: /s/ Xxxxx X'Xxxxxxxx
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                                             Name: Xxxxx X'Xxxxxxxx
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer and
                                                    Director


                                         By: /s/ Xxxxx X'Xxxxxxxx
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                                             Name: Xxxxx X'Xxxxxxxx
                                             Title: Managing Director