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                                   EXHIBIT 5





                  OPINION OF BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL
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               [Letterhead of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll]


                                  August 8, 1996



EPL Technologies, Inc.
200 Four Falls Corporate Center - Suite 315
West Conshohocken, PA   19428

     Re:  Shares of Common Stock of EPL Technologies, Inc.
          Issued Pursuant to the EPL Technologies, Inc. 1994
          Stock Incentive Plan, as amended

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to EPL Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") in
connection with the amendment to the Company's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") and the registration and issuance of up to an additional 1,500,000
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Shares")
issuable under the Plan pursuant to the terms thereof, increasing the total
number of shares issuable under the Plan from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000.

     In rendering our opinion, we have assumed that a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to the Shares will have been filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and will have become effective before any of
the Shares are issued, and that persons acquiring the Shares will do so strictly
in accordance with the terms of the Plan and will receive a prospectus
containing all of the information required by Part I of Form S-8 before
acquiring such Shares.  We have also reviewed such certificates, documents,
corporate records and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or
appropriate to enable us to render the opinion expressed below.  In giving this
opinion, we are assuming the authenticity of all instruments presented to us as
originals, the conformity with the originals of all instruments presented to us
as copies and the genuineness of all signatures.

     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the additional
1,500,000 Shares covered by the Plan, when issued by the Company to the
purchasers of the Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Plan, will be legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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EPL Technologies, Inc.
August 1, 1996
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        We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.


                                  Very truly yours,


                                  /s/ Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll