Balchem Corporation Announces Quarterly Conference Call On Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results, July 31, 2008

NEW HAMPTON, N.Y., July 18, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Balchem Corporation today announced that a conference call will be held on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) to review second quarter 2008 results. Dino A. Rossi, President and CEO, and Frank Fitzpatrick, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call.

Quarterly results will be released to the market on Thursday, July 31, at 9:30 AM (ET). The press release, and its accompanying financial exhibits, will also be available on the Company website, www.balchem.com prior to the conference call.

We invite you to listen to the conference by calling toll-free 1-877-407-8289 (local dial-in 1-201-689-8341), five minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the conference call. The conference call will be available for digital replay through Wednesday, August 6. To access the replay of the conference call dial 1-877-660-6853 (local dial-in 1-201-612-7415), and use account #298 and replay ID#291880. Both account and replay ID numbers are required for replay access.

About Balchem Corporation

Balchem Corporation consists of three business segments: ARC Specialty Products; Food, Pharma and Nutrition; and Animal Nutrition and Health. Through ARC Specialty Products, Balchem provides specialty-packaged chemicals for use in healthcare and other industries. The Food, Pharma and Nutrition segment provides proprietary microencapsulation, granulation and agglomeration solutions to a variety of applications in the human food, pharmaceutical and nutrition marketplaces. The Animal Nutrition and Health segment manufactures and supplies products to numerous animal health markets and certain derivative products into industrial applications.

CONTACT: Balchem Corporation
         Karin McCaffery, Executive Administration Manager
         845-326-5600
         kmccaffery@balchem.com