Exhibit
31.1


CERTIFICATION





I, Gary T. Steele, certify that:





1.           I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Landec Corporation;





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, andfor, the
periods presented in this quarterly report;





4.           The registrant'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)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and
have:





(a)           designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed underour 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)           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 quarterly report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
quarterly report based on such evaluation, and





(d)           disclosed in this quarterly 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 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 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)           allsignificant
deficiencies and material weaknessesin the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant'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 financialreporting.





Date: January6, 2011





/s/ Gary T. SteeleGary T. SteeleChief Executive Officer