EXHIBIT 23.4

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Balchem Corporation:

         We consent to the incorporation by reference the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 of Balchem Corporation (the "Company") relating to the Company's (a)
1999 Stock Plan,  (b) 1994  Incentive  Stock Option Plan, as amended,  (c) Stock
Option Plan for  Directors,  as amended,  and the  Company's  predecessor  Stock
Option Plan for Directors,  and (d) options granted  pursuant to agreements with
Charles B.  McClelland,  as  amended,  of our  report  dated  February  7, 1997,
relating to the consolidated statements of operations of Balchem Corporation and
subsidiaries,  stockholders'  equity and cash flows for the year ended  December
31, 1996,  which report appears in the Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1998.

                                         /s/ Judelson, Giordano, Siegal, CPA, PC
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                                             Judelson, Giordano, Siegal, CPA, PC

Middletown, New York
May 11, 1999