Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

August 9, 1996

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Published on August 9, 1996



EXHIBIT 23.1



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
Central Garden & Pet Company on Form S-8 of our reports dated October 27, 1995,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Central Garden & Pet Company for
the year ended September 30, 1995.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
San Francisco, California
August 9, 1996