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 June 30, 2009 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 results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Francis J. Fitzpatrick
Francis J. Fitzpatrick
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 7, 2009



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