Exhibit  32.2

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 Balchem  Corporation (the "Company")
on Form  10-Q  for the  period  ended  September  30,  2003 as  filed  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Francis
J.  Fitzpatrick,  Corporate  Controller  and Treasurer of the Company,  certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  section 1350,  as adopted  pursuant to section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

(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/ Francis J. Fitzpatrick
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                                                     Francis J. Fitzpatrick
                                                     Corporate Controller and
                                                     Treasurer
November 14, 2003

This certification  accompanies the above-described Report on Form 10-Q pursuant
to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 and shall not,  except to the
extent  required  by such Act, be deemed  filed by the  Company for  purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.