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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030924155809
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001242571-03-000048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030923
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030924

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MCCORMICK & CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000063754
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS FOOD PREPARATIONS & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2090]
		IRS NUMBER:				520408290
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 LOVETON CIRCLE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 6000
		CITY:			SPARKS
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21152
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4107717301

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		18 LOVETON CIRCLE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 6000
		CITY:			SPARKS
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21152

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MCCORMICK & CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19660620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRESTON MARGARET M V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001261238

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14920
		FILM NUMBER:		03908176

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST CO
		STREET 2:		2 HOPKINS PLZ
		CITY:			BALITMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4102375861

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT & TRUST CO
		STREET 2:		2 HOPKINS PLZ
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21201
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-09-23</periodOfReport>
    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000063754</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MCCORMICK &amp; CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MKC</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001261238</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>PRESTON MARGARET M V</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>MCCORMICK &amp; COMPANY, INCORPORATED</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>18 LOVETON CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SPARKS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MD</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>21152</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>margaretmvpreston_poa.txt
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Robert W. Skelton and W. Geoffrey Carpenter, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

(2) to do and perform such acts for and on behalf of the undersigned as may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5
and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) to take any other actions as such attorney-in-fact, on advice of counsel
may deem to be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions
as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 3rd day of July, 2003.


Signature:  /s/  Margaret M.V. Preston
Witness:  Julie Frantz

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