Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints William E. Brown and Stuart W. Booth, and each of them,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer,
director, and/or person who holds more than 10% of the stock of Central Garden & Pet Company
(the "Company"), Forms 3, Forms 4 and Forms 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, Forms 4 or Forms 5 and timely file
any such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to this power of attorney.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, Forms 4, and Forms 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the attorneys-in-fact.

The undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of
December, 2007.

/s/ Bruce A. Westphal
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Bruce A. Westphal
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