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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-043370
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230906
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230908
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230908

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VICENTE MONICA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001917126

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13648
		FILM NUMBER:		231245499

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC.
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 149222
		CITY:			CORAL GABLES
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33114

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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    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney is attached.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Travis Larsen, Attorney in Fact, for Monica Vicente</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-09-08</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24
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  <div style="text-align: right;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibit 24</font><br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; color: #313131;">POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; color: #313131;">SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #313131;">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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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #313131;">(1)</td>
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            <div style="color: #313131;">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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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #313131;">(2)</td>
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            <div style="color: #313131;">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 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #313131;">(3)</td>
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            <div style="color: #313131;">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 required forms, complete and execute any
              amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form&#160; with&#160; the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
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          <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; color: #313131;">(4)</td>
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            <div style="color: #313131;">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 and shall contain such terms and conditions
              as such attorneys-in-fact may approve in such attorneys-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #313131;">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 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #313131;">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 either of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; color: #313131;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations to be effective as of the date of signature set forth below.</div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify; color: #313131;">/s/ Monica Vincente</div>
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            <div style="text-align: justify; color: #313131;">Monica Vincente</div>
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          <td style="width: 50%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="text-align: justify; color: #313131;">Dated: August 4, 2023</div>
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