Exhibit 24

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors
Balchem Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement (No.
333-44489) on Form S-8 of Balchem Corporation of our report dated June 21, 2004,
relating  to the  statement  of net assets  available  for plan  benefits of the
Balchem Corporation  401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan as of December 31, 2003, and the
related  statement of changes in net assets  available for plan benefits for the
year then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 2004, annual report on
Form 11-K of Balchem Corporation.




/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
June 28, 2005