McCormick & Company (MKC) 10-Q 2012 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending February 29, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Alan D. Wilson, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/ Alan D. Wilson

Alan D. Wilson

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Date:April 2, 2012