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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. 33-
48984) on Form S-8 of FMC Corporation of our report dated June 28, 2000,
relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of FMC
Employees' Thrift and Stock Purchase Plan, as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related statements of changes in the net assets available for benefits for
each of the years in the two year period then ended, which report appears in the
December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 11-K of FMC Employees' Thrift and Stock
Purchase Plan for the year ended December 31, 1999.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
June 28, 2000
