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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
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              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



The Employee Welfare Benefits Plan Committee of
FMC Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-64702) on Form S-8 of FMC Corporation of our report dated June 28, 2001,
relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of FMC Puerto
Rico Savings and Investment Plan, as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for each of
the years in the two year period then ended, and the supplemental schedule of
assets held for investment purposes, which report appears in the December 31,
2000 Annual Report on Form 11-K of FMC Puerto Rico Savings and Investment Plan
for the year ended December 31, 2000.



/s/ KPMG LLP


Chicago, Illinois
July 6, 2001
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