EX-23 6 l08405aexv23.txt EX-23 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP Exhibit 23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of The J. M. Smucker Company of our report dated June 7, 2004, included in the 2004 Annual Report to Shareholders of The J. M. Smucker Company. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of The J. M. Smucker Company listed in Item 16(a). This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of our report dated June 7, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of The J. M. Smucker Company incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedule of The J. M. Smucker Company included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended April 30, 2004:
Registration Registration Statement Number Description ------------ ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- Form S-8 33-21273 1987 Stock Option Plan Form S-8 33-38011 1987 Stock Option Plan Form S-8 333-98335 The J. M. Smucker Company Amended and Restated 1998 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan Form S-8 333-116622 Amended and Restated 1986 Stock Option Incentive Plan of the J. M. Smucker Company Amended and Restated 1989 Stock-Based Incentive Plan of the J. M. Smucker Company Amended and Restated 1997 Stock-Based Incentive Plan of the J. M. Smucker Company Form S-3 333-68416 Registration of 75,000 Common Shares
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