EXHIBIT 10.43 TERMINATION Of CONSULTING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. I JDK & Associates, Inc. 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 990 Irvine, California 92612 Please take notice that The RiceX Company ("RiceX") hereby elects to terminate the CONSULTING...

EXHIBIT 10.43


                       TERMINATION Of CONSULTING AGREEMENT
                                 AMENDMENT NO. I

JDK & Associates, Inc.
00000 XxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000

Please take notice that The RiceX Company ("RiceX") hereby elects to
terminate the CONSULTING AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 1 ("Consulting Agreement")
dated as of October 20,1999, by and between RiceX and JDK & Associates, Inc.
This termination is given pursuant to paragraph I of the Consulting Agreement
and shall be effective sixty (60) days after the date hereof.

DATED: February 17,2000

                                                    THE RICEX COMPANY

                                                   /s/Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx

By:

XXXXXX X. XXXXXX, XX.
                                                              Chairman and CEO