EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION
OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT AND RULE
13A-14(A) OR 15D-14(A) UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Terrence
Barber, certify that:

1.                        I
have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of The RiceX Company for
               the quarter ended September 30, 2004.

2.                        Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
               material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements                made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not                misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report.

3.                        Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
               included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial                condition, results of operations and cash flows of the small
business issuer as                of, and for, the periods presented in this report.

4.                        The
small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I are
               responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures                (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for
the small                business issuer and have:

| | a.                               Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
               controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that                material information relating to the small business issuer, including
its                consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities,                particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
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| | b.                               Evaluated
the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosure                controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
               effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of
the                period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | c.                        Disclosed
in this report any change in the small business issuers internal
               control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business
               issuers most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or
is                reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuers
               internal control over financial reporting.
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5.         The
small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small
business issuers auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuers
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

| | a.                        All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
               of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
to                adversely affect the small business issuers ability to record,
process,                summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b.                        Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
               who have a significant role in the small business issuers internal
control                over financial reporting.
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|Date:  November 15, 2004 | /s/  Terrence Barber                  
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|                         | Terrence BarberChief Executive Officer

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