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                                                                    Exhibit 31.1

                      NUTRITION MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY
                           A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION
                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                            Section 302 Certification

I, Joseph Roberts, certify that:

     1.  I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on Form  10-Q  of  Nutrition
         Management Services 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  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
         this quarterly report;
     4.  The registrant's  other  certifying  officers and I are responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15e and 15d-15(e)) 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 quarterly report is being prepared;
         b)  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
         c)  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  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 officers 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
         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.

Date:  November 20, 2006
                                                    /s/ Joseph Roberts
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                                                    Joseph Roberts
                                                    Chairman of the Board and
                                                    Chief Executive Officer
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