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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus of McCormick &
Company, Incorporated for the registration of $375,000,000 of Medium-Term Notes
and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 19,
2000, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of McCormick &
Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries included in the 1999 Annual Report to
Shareholders and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended November 30, 1999, and our report dated February 23, 2000
included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) with respect to the financial
statement schedule included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) of McCormick &
Company, Incorporated.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
November 20, 2000
Baltimore, Maryland
