EXHIBIT
31.1 Certification
of Interim President, Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Item 307 of
Regulation S-K
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification I, Richard Banakus,
certify that: 1. I have reviewed this
Form 10-K of Hydron Technologies, Inc. for the year ended September 30, 2009; 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 registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15-d-15(f)) for the registrant 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 registrant, 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 registrant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 registrants internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrants internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrants other
certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and
the audit committee of the registrant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
registrant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 registrants internal control over financial reporting. January 13, 2010
 /s/: Richard BanakusRichard BanakusInterim President, Principal Financial and
 Accounting Officer