Holding in Company

Cranswick PLC
20 December 2000

                                 SCHEDULE 10

                  NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Cranswick plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Skandia Life Assurance Company Limited

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

In respect of 2 above.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

-

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

40,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.2%

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

-

8) Percentage of issued class

-

9) Class of security

Ordinary 10p shares

10) Date of transaction

12 December 2000

11) Date company informed

19 December 2000

12) Total holding following this notification

597,127

13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.17%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

John Lindop Tel : [phone]

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification 20 December 2000