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  Annual  Report  of  Balchem   Corporation  (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2008 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Francis
J. Fitzpatrick,  Chief Financial Officer 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
                                           Francis J. Fitzpatrick
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
                                           (Principal Financial and Principal
                                           Accounting Officer)
                                           March 12, 2009

This certification  accompanies the above-described Report on Form 10-K 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.

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