Exhibit 31.1


                    PURADYN FILTER TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
     CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Richard C. Ford, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Puradyn Filter
        Technologies Incorporated (the "Company");

2.      Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
        information included in this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

4.      The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 be designed under our
                supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
                small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiary, is
                made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
                during the period in which this quarterly report is being
                prepared; and

        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

        c)      Disclosed in this quarterly 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; and

5.      The small business issuer's other certifying officer 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 function):

        a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls 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

        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 controls over financial reporting.

Date: August 15, 2006


                                                        /s/ Richard C. Ford
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                                                        Richard C. Ford
                                                        Chief Executive Officer