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, 2004 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 Officer)
                                          March 15, 2005

      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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