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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-17-039551
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171023
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171025
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171025

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Coelho Mary Theresa
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001720772

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13648
		FILM NUMBER:		171153492

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52 SUNRISE PARK ROAD
		CITY:			NEW HAMPTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			43017

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BALCHEM CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000009326
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS [2800]
		IRS NUMBER:				132578432
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 600
		CITY:			NEW HAMPTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10958
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8453265632

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 600
		CITY:			NEW HAMPTON
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10958
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        <footnote id="F1">Ownership of restricted stock granted under the Issuer's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan vests in Reporting Person on the fourth anniversary of the grant date and is further subject to the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, dated October 23, 2017.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Mary Theresa Coelho, by Attorney in Fact, Mark Stach</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-10-25</signatureDate>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Mark Stach and William Backus with full power of substitution, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</div>

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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><u>SEC</u></font>&#8221;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as officer Balchem Corporation (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><u>Company</u></font>&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest 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&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The undersigned hereby grants to 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&#8217;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&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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&#8217;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 attorney-in-fact.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 24<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;LINE-HEIGHT: 1; FONT-SIZE: smaller; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</sup> day of October, 2017.</div>

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