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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20230210172022
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-006029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230208
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230210
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230210

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wineinger Matthew David
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001652942

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13648
		FILM NUMBER:		23613497

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3605 GRAND VIEW COURT
		CITY:			ST CHARLES
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60175

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:		5 PARAGON DRIVE
		CITY:			MONTVALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07645
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(845) 326-5600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5 PARAGON DRIVE
		CITY:			MONTVALE
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07645
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        <footnote id="F1">Ownership of restricted stock vests in Reporting Person 3 years following the grant date, subject to restrictions on transfer in accordance with the provisions of a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options vest 20% Year 1; 40% Year 2; and 40% Year 3</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney is attached.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Travis Larsen, Attorney in Fact for Matthew David Wineinger</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-02-10</signatureDate>
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      <div style="text-align: right; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 24</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Hatsuki Miyata and Travis Larsen or each individual currently serving as Balchem Corporation&#8217;s General Counsel,
        Secretary, Assistant General Counsel or Assistant Secretary, each, individually, 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', serif; 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;<u>SEC</u>&#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', serif; font-size: 10pt;">prepare, execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and/or director of Balchem Corporation (the &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 or any other required forms, including any amendments to such forms, as appropriate, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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 or any other
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of such attorneys-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 attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations shall be in such form
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorneys-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 attorneys-in-fact, or such attorneys-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
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; 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
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations to be effective as of the date of
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              <div style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;"><u>/s/ Matthew D. Wineinger</u></div>
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              <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">Matthew D. Wineinger</div>
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