Exhibit 31

                      RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION

I, Richard G. Hunter, certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009 of Food Technology Service, Inc., (the "Company").

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 statement 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 Company
as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.        The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15d-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over
financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f)-15d-15(f)) for
the Company 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 Company, 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;

       (b)       Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

       (c)       Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company'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

       (d)       Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company's most
recent fiscal quarter (Company's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.        The Company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the Company's auditors and the audit committee of Company'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 Company'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 Company's internal
control over financial reporting.

Date:  October 5, 2010

                                         By:   /s/ Richard G. Hunter
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                                               Richard G. Hunter, Ph.D,
                                               Chief Executive Officer and
                                               Chief Financial Officer