EXHIBIT 23.1


                         Consent of Independent Auditors


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of U.S.
Industries, Inc., USI Global Corp. and USI American Holdings, Inc. for the
registration of their 7-1/8% Senior Notes due 2003 and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated November 12, 1998, except for Note 16, as
to which the date is April 26, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of U.S. Industries, Inc. included in Amendment No. 3 to
its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended September 30, 1998, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


New York, New York
June 10, 1999










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