Exhibit 23(a)
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S CONSENT
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our reports dated August 12, 2008, relating to the consolidated financial statements of The Procter & Gamble Company and subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of (1) FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” and (2) SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132 (R)”) and the effectiveness of The Procter & Gamble Company and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting, incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A of The Procter & Gamble Company and subsidiaries for the year ended June 30, 2008, and to the reference to us under the heading “ Interests of Named Experts and Counsel” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
December 9, 2008
