EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

     We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Philipp Brothers
Chemicals, Inc. on Form S-4 of our report dated September 6, 1996 relating to
the financial statements of Philipp Brothers Chemicals, Inc. and Subsidiaries
for the year ended June 30, 1996, and to all reference to our firm included in
or made a part of the Registration Statement of Philipp Brothers Chemicals, Inc.

                                          EDWARD ISAACS & COMPANY LLP

New York, New York
September 25, 1998