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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 16, 2007

                            THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

               Ohio                     1-5111              34-0538550
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   (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission          (IRS Employer
         of Incorporation)           File Number)      Identification No.)

                One Strawberry Lane
                   Orrville, Ohio                          44667-0280
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (330) 682-3000

                                 Not Applicable
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

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      Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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      Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

         On February 16, 2007, The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company") issued
a press release announcing the financial results for the third quarter and nine
months ended January 31, 2007, of its 2007 fiscal year. A copy of the press
release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is
incorporated herein by reference.

         The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached
hereto, is furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference
into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

       (d)      Exhibits

       EXHIBIT
       NUMBER       EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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        99.1        Press Release, dated February 16, 2007



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                    THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY


                                    By: /s/ Mark R. Belgya
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                                        Mark R. Belgya
                                        Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
                                        and Treasurer

Date: February 16, 2007



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER      EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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99.1        Press Release, dated February 16, 2007