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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * MURDOCK DAVID H   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DOLE FOOD CO INC [DOLE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., ONE DOLE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/13/2012 (Street) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               11,784,914 I Castle and Cooke Holdings, Inc. (1) Common Stock 08/13/2012   P   124,030 (2) A $ 12.4918 42,258,847 I Trust (3) Common Stock 08/14/2012   P   360,698 (4) A $ 12.4736 43,619,545 I Trust (3) Common Stock 08/15/2012   P   362,500 (5) A $ 12.4275 43,982,045 I Trust (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MURDOCK DAVID H C/O DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. ONE DOLE DRIVE WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362	X	X	Chairman
David H. Murdock Living Trust, dated May 28, 1986, as amended C/O DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. ONE DOLE DRIVE WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91362		X

Signatures

/s/ C. Michael Carter, attorney-in-fact for David H. Murdock		08/15/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/C. Michael Carter, attorney-in-fact for David H. Murdock Living Trust, dated May 28, 1986, as amended		08/15/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	These shares are owned directly by Castle and Cooke Holdings, Inc. and indirectly by Mr. Murdock and the Trust
(2)	Number of shares - price per share: 98412-$12.50; 4400-12.49; 2111-12.48; 6507-12.47; 2700-12.46; 900-12.45; 5868-12.44; 2139-12.43; 993-12.42. Each was 1 transaction except 2 transactions at $12.50, 12.44.
(3)	These shares are owned directly by the Trust and indirectly by Mr. Murdock as sole trustee and beneficiary of the Trust
(4)	Number of shares - price per share: 283388-$12.50; 1512-12.49; 300-12.48; 22773-12.40; 16027-12.39; 3387-12.38; 3800-12.37; 8714-12.36; 3700-12.35; 16212-12.34; 485-12.33; 400-12.32. Each was 1 transaction except: 4 transactions at each of $12.50, 12.39; 3 transactions at 12.37; and 2 transactions at 12.38.
(5)	Number of shares - price per share: 201350-$12.45; 3,200-$12.44; 11800-$12.43; 4140-$12.42; 10697-$12.41; 93919-$12.40; 21451-$12.39; 11374-$12.38; 2485-$12.37; 1984-$12.36; 100-$12.35. Each was 1 transaction except 3 transactions at $12.43; and 2 transactions at each of $12.41, $12.40.

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