EX-23.1 3 dex231.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Consent of Independent Auditor
Exhibit 23.1
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ CONSENT
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 33-96816 on Form S-8 of Central Garden & Pet Company of our report dated June 20, 2002 (which includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the modified cash basis of accounting), appearing in this Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Central Garden & Pet Company Investment Growth Plan for the year ended December 31, 2001.
 
/s/    DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
 
San Francisco, California
June 28, 2002