Exhibit 23.1




          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



          We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration
          Statement Nos. 33-53335 and 33-53337 of Bio-Rad Laboratories,
          Inc. and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our reports dated
          February 5, 2003, relating to the consolidated financial
          statements of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. as of and for the year
          ended December 31, 2002 (which reports express unqualified
          opinions and include explanatory paragraphs as to the Company's
          change in its method of accounting for goodwill and intangible
          assets and to the application of procedures relating to certain
          disclosures of financial statement amounts related to the 2001
          and 2000 financial statements that were audited by other auditors
          who have ceased operations and for which we have expressed no
          opinion or other form of assurance other than with respect to
          such disclosures) appearing in and incorporated by reference in
          the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. for
          the year ended December 31, 2002.



          /s/  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP



          San Francisco, California
          March 24, 2003