Metropolitan Life Insurance Co/NY – ‘SC 13G/A’ on 1/21/98 re: Best Products Co Inc

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Amendment to Statement of Beneficial Ownership   —   Schedule 13G
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 1: SC 13G/A    Amendment to Statement of Beneficial Ownership         4±    18K 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                              
Washington, D.C.  20549                                         

Schedule 13G                                                    

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934                       
(Amendment No. 1)*                                              

Best Products Co., Inc.                                         
________________________________________                        
(Name of Issuer)                                                

Common Stock                                                    
________________________________________                        
(Title of Class of Securities)                                  

08655310                                                        
_________________________                                       
(CUSIP Number)                                                  

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this                        
statement [ ].  (A fee is not required only if the filing person:               
(1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial                       
ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities                  
described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent                  
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of               
such class.)  (See Rule 13d - 7.)                                               

*  The remainder of the cover page shall be filled out for a                    
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to                  
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment               
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided               
in a prior cover page.                                                          

The information required in the remainder of this cover page                    
shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18                 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise                     
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall                 
be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the                 
Notes).                                                                         

(Continued on following page(s))                                                

CUSIP No.  08655310     13G                                                     
__________                                                  

1.      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON                                                
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON               

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company                             
(I.R.S. NO. 13-5581829)                                         

2.      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*                       
(a)  [   ]  Not applicable                                                      
(b)  [   ]  Not applicable                                                      

3.      SEC USE ONLY                                                            

4.      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                                    
A New York corporation                                          

         5.      SOLE VOTING POWER
                     - 0 -
NUMBER OF                                                       
SHARES          6.      SHARED VOTING POWER                     
BENEFICIALLY                    - 0 -                           
OWNED BY EACH                                                   
REPORTING               7.      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER          
PERSON WITH                     - 0 -                           

                8.      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     - 0 -

9.      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON            
0           

10.     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN           
SHARES*                                                                         

11.     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9                         
0 %                                             

12.     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*                                               
IC                                                              

SCHEDULE 13G                                                                    

Item 1(a).  Name of Issuer                                                      
Best Products Co., Inc.                                         

Item 1(b).  Address of Issuer's Principal Office:                               
1400 Best Plaza, I-95 and Parham Road                           
Richmond, Virginia 23227                                        

Item 2(a).  Name of Person Filing                                               
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company                             
By Jane C. Weinberg, Associate General Counsel.                 

Item 2(b).  Address of Principal Business Office:                               
One Madison Avenue                                              
New York, New York 10010                                        

Item 2(c).  Citizenship                                                         
A New York corporation                                          

Item 2(d).  Title of Class of Securities                                        
Common Stock                                                    

Item 2(e).  CUSIP Number                                                        
08655310                                                        

Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b),                  
or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:                              
(a) [ ] Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the     
Act.                                                                            
(b) [ ] Bank as defined in Section 3 (a) (6) of the Act.        
(c) [X] Insurance Company as defined in Section 3 (a) (19)      
of the Act.                                                                     
(d) [ ] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of        
the Investment Company Act.                                                     
(e) [ ] Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of      
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.                                            
(f) [ ] Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is            
subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income                     
Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund                                          
(g) [ ] Parent Holding Company, in accordance with Section      
240.13d-1(b) (ii) (G) (Note: See Item 7).                                       
(h) [ ] Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1 (b)         
(1) (ii) (H)                                                                    

SCHEDULE 13G                                                                    

Item     4.     Ownership:                                                      

If the percent of the class owned, as of December 31 of the year                
covered by the statement, or as of the last day of any month                    
described in Rule 13d-1(b) (2), if applicable, exceeds five                     
percent, provide the following information as of that date and                  
identify those shares which there is a right to acquire.                        

(a)     Amount Beneficially Owned: N/A                          

(b)     Percent of Class:  N/A                                  

(c)     Number of shares as to which such person has:           

(i)     sole power to vote or to direct the     
vote:  N/A                      
(ii)    shared power to vote or to direct the   
vote:  N/A                      
(iii)   sole power to dispose or to direct the  
disposition of: N/A             
(iv)    shared power to dispose or to direct    
the disposition of:  N/A        

Item    5.      Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:                   

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of                  
the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the                       
beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of                      
securities, check the following  [x].                                           

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf                          
of Another Person:  Not applicable                                              

SCHEDULE 13G                                                                    

Item     7.     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary             
Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent                     
Holding Company: Not applicable                                                 

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the                     
Group:  Not applicable                                                          

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: Not applicable                          

Item 10.        Certification:                                                  

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and                
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the                   
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose               
of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the                    
control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in               
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having                   
such purpose or effect.                                                         

Signature.                                                                      

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and                    
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this                        
statement is true, complete and correct.                                        

Date:   January 16, 1998                                        

Signature:      /s/Jane C. Weinberg                             
Associate General Counsel                       

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