Form: S-3ASR

Automatic shelf registration statement of securities of well-known seasoned issuers

August 16, 2007

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated December 12, 2006 (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of a new accounting standard), relating to the consolidated financial statements of Central Garden & Pet Company and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Central Garden & Pet Company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this registration statement.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

August 16, 2007

San Francisco, California